One-and-twenty worn and defaced shillings, however, were considered as equivalent to a guinea, which perhaps, indeed, was worn and defaced too, but seldom so much so.
To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record
If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it. It's illegal to deface banknotes. to spoil the surface or appearance of something, especially by writing on it or breaking it
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[ di-'fAs, dE- ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French desfacier, from Old French, from des- de- + face front, face.