Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vizard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. ``My very visor
began to assume life.'' --Shak.
My weaker government since, makes you pull off the
visor. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting
the eyes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vizard \Viz"ard\, n. [See {Visor}.]
A mask; a visor. [Archaic] ``A grotesque vizard.'' --Sir W.
Scott.
To mislead and betray them under the vizard of law.
--Milton.
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