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

visor \vis"or\, n. oe. visere, f. visi`ere, 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
see also:
visage vision visar visard vizard vizor 

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

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
see also:
visor 

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