[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

facer \fa"cer\ f=a"s~er, n.
   1. one who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced
      person. obs.
      1913 webster

            there be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor
            fasers.                               --latimer.
      1913 webster

   2. a blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or
      stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. collog.
      1913 webster

            i should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if i
            had hollowed when i got a facer.      --c. kingsley.

   3. a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
      wordnet sense 1 obsolescent briticism
      wordnet 1.5

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

facer
     n : a dated briticism a serious difficulty with which one is
         suddenly faced

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