To tack, cruise about.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To deal with.
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
To come up against; to encounter.
To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
To engage in confrontation.
To bring someone face to face with something.