obverse
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Obverse Books' 'Team Up' of Paul Magrs and George Mann Like wedges, blue eyeshadow and harem pants, the tête-bêche is making one of its periodic returns to favour.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2011
"Obverse, or reverse, I can make nothing out of it."
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
Obverse, a portrait of the naturalist, very faithful and boldly executed, yet with the utmost delicacy of finish.
From Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
But take the examples given of the Formal Obverse or Permutation, "All men are fallible".
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
In order, however, to facilitate a comparison with Langdon’s edition, a table is added: Obverse Col.
From An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Jastrow, Morris