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