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Facet

Fāç'et, n.

noun

(fās'et), n. [Fr. facette, diminutive of face, q. v.; Sp. faceta, It. faccetta.] A little face; a small surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]

Fās'çet, n.

noun

n. (Glass-making.) An iron rod thrust into the mouths of bottles, and the like, in order to convey them to the annealing furnace;—called also punty-rod and puntil.