rare. [Assumed nom. sing. to L. fauces; the sing. has classical authority only in the ablative.] = FAUCES in various senses.
1828. Kirby & Spence, Entomol., I. 293. The sweet fluid which many of them (plants belonging to Dionæa, Drosera, &c.) secrete near the faux.
1856. Henslow, Dict. Bot. Terms, Faux, (the gorge) the throat.
