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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAS'CIA, n. fash'ia. [L. a band or sash.]
1. A band, sash or fillet. In architecture, any flat member with a small projecture, as the band of an architrave. Also, in brick buildings, the jutting of the bricks beyond the windows in the several stories except the highest.
2. In astronomy, the belt of a planet.
3. In surgery, a bandage, roller or ligature.
4. In anatomy, a tendinous expansion or aponeurosis; a thin tendinous covering which surrounds the muscles of the limbs, and binds them in their places.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc [syn: fascia, facia]
2: instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls [syn: dashboard, fascia]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural fasciae or -cias) Etymology: Italian, from Latin, band, bandage; akin to Middle Irish basc necklace Date: 1563 1. a flat usually horizontal member of a building having the form of a flat band or broad fillet: as a. a flat piece used as a molding b. a horizontal piece (as a board) covering the joint between the top of a wall and the projecting eaves — called also fascia board c. a nameplate over the front of a shop 2. a sheet of connective tissue covering or binding together body structures (as muscles); also tissue of this character 3. (or facia) British the dashboard of an automobile • fascial adjective

Britannica Concise

In architecture, a continuous flat band or molding parallel to the surface that it ornaments and either projecting from or slightly receding into it, as in the face of a Classical Greek or Roman entablature. Today the term refers to any flat, continuous band, such as that adjacent and perpendicular to a ceiling soffit, the portion of a wall above built-in cabinets, or the outer face of a parapet wall or projecting roof.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also facia) 1 Brit. a the instrument panel of a motor vehicle. b any similar panel or plate for operating machinery. 2 the upper part of a shop-front with the proprietor's name etc. 3 Archit. a a long flat surface between mouldings on the architrave in classical architecture. b a flat surface, usu. of wood, covering the ends of rafters. 4 a stripe or band. 5 Anat. a thin sheath of fibrous tissue. Derivatives: fascial adj. Etymology: L, = band, door-frame, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fascia Fas"ci*a, n.; pl. Fasci[ae]. [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.] 1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. 2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column. 3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A broad well-defined band of color.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fascias) 1. In a car, the fascia is the part surrounding the instruments and dials. (BRIT FORMAL; in AM, use instrument panel) N-COUNT: usu sing 2. The fascia on a shop front is the flat surface above the shop window, on which the name of the shop is written. (BRIT) N-COUNT: usu sing

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