Chapter F to Faction of F by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Faced
   Bare-faced. Impudence unconcealed. A "bare-faced lie" is a lie told shamelessly and without prevarication.
   Shame- faced. Having shame expressed in the face.
   Faced with [silk, etc.]. An inferior article bearing the surface of a superior one, as when cotton-velvet has a silk surface; the "facings" (as the lining of coat-cuffs, etc.) made of silk, etc.

Face-card or Faced-card. A court card, a card with a face on it.

Facilë Princeps By far the best; admittedly first.

"But the facilë princeps of all gypsologists is Professor Pott, of Halle." - Chambers's Cyclopædia.

Facings To put one through his facings. To examine; to ascertain if what appears on the surface is superficial only.

"The Greek books were again had out, and Grace ... was put through her facings." - A. Trollope.

Façon de Parler Idiomatic or usual form of speech, not meant to be offensive. I once told a waiter in Norway that the meat he brought me for breakfast was not sufficiently cooked; and he bluntly told me it was not true (det er ikke sandt), but he did not intend to be rude. It was the Norwegian "façon de parler."

Faction The Romans divided the combatants in the circus into classes, called factions, each class being distinguished by its special colour, like the crews of a boat-race. The four original factions were the leek-green (prasina), the sea-blue (veneta), the white (alba), and the rose-red (rosea). Two other factions were added by Domitian, the colours being golden-yellow (aurata) and purple. As these combatants strove against each other, and entertained a strong esprit de corps, the word was easily applied to political partisans.
    In the faction riots of Constantinople, A.D. 532, above 30,000 persons were killed. (Latin, factio).