Noun

(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.

(countable) A specific facial expression

* {{quote-news, 2007, February 10, Claudia La Rocco, Stony Miens and Sad Hearts, New York Times citation

, passage=It’s hard to say which is worse: the press-on smiles favored by many a ballet dancer, or the stony “I’m going to pretend this isn’t happening to me” miens often found in contemporary troupes like White Road. }}

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A tendon.

(legal) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty.

* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 7:

Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.