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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cast of a person's face taken after death.

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  • noun A plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death.

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  • noun a cast taken from the face of a dead person

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  • a cast taken from the face of a dead person

    January 25, 2008