Visage

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), n. [F. visage, from L. visus a seeing,
     a look, fr. videre, visum, to see. See {Vision}.]
     The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; --
     chiefly applied to the human face. --Chaucer. "A visage of
     demand." --Shak.
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           His visage was so marred more than any man. --Isa. lii.
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           Love and beauty still that visage grace. --Waller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t.
     To face. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  visage
       n 1: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal
            terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: {countenance},
             {physiognomy}, {phiz}, {kisser}, {smiler}, {mug}]
       2: the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant
          countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: {countenance}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "visage":
     air, bearing, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, color,
     complexion, countenance, demeanor, dial, expression, face,
     facial appearance, facies, favor, feature, features, garb, guise,
     kisser, lineaments, lines, looks, map, mien, mug, mush, pan, phiz,
     physiognomy, port, posture, presence, puss, stance, traits, turn