Vizard

2 definitions found

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

  Visor \Vis"or\, n. [OE. visere, F. visi[`e]re, fr. OF. vis. See
     {Visage}, {Vision}.] [Written also {visar}, {visard},
     {vizard}, and {vizor}.]
     1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so
        show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are
        generally in it.


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     2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. "My very visor began
        to assume life." --Shak.
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              My weaker government since, makes you pull off the
              visor.                                --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting
        the eyes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vizard \Viz"ard\, n. [See {Visor}.]
     A mask; a visor. [Archaic] "A grotesque vizard." --Sir W.
     Scott.
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           To mislead and betray them under the vizard of law.
                                                    --Milton.
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