Hypertext Webster Gateway: "visage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t.
To face. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
His visage was so marred more than any man. --Isa. lii.
14.
Love and beauty still that visage grace. --Waller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
visage
n 1: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal
terms for `face'; `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}]
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