Facer (fās&etilde_;r), 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.
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.
3. a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced. [wns=1] [obsolescent Briticism][WordNet 1.5]