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Definition of Biface
1. Adjective. Having two faces or fronts. "The Roman Janus is bifacial"
Definition of Biface
1. Noun. (archaeology) A double-sided stone tool ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biface
1. a stone tool having a cutting edge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biface
Literary usage of Biface
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society by American Philosophical Society (1771)
"The uniface point is distinct from the biface point in having no or almost no
edge retouch ... The point types apply to each class—uniface and biface. ..."
2. The Prang Primary Course in Art Education: Suggestions for the Use of Form by Mary Dana Hicks, Josephine C. Locke (1897)
"... biface corners, formed by the meeting of two faces; and face corners, formed
by the meeting of two edges. All of these are found in the cube. ..."
3. Teacher's Manual, Pt. 1-6, for The Prang Elementary Course in Art by John Spencer Clark, Walter Scott Perry, Prang Company, Mary Dana Hicks (1898)
"... biface corners, formed by the meeting of two faces; and face corners, formed
by the meeting of two edges. All of these are found in the cube. ..."
4. Teachers' Manual: Books I-VIII. by John Spencer Clark (1895)
"... biface corners, formed by the meeting of two faces; and face corners, formed
by the meeting of two edges. All of these are found in the cube. ..."
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