Bible Dictionaries
Facet

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

(2):

(v. t.) To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.

(3):

(n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.

(4):

(n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.

(5):

(n.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Facet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/facet.html. 1828.