visorvizorn.

Brit.

/ˈvʌɪzə/, U.S.

/ˈvaɪzər/

Forms: α. Middle English–1600s viser, vyser (1500s wesser); Middle English visere, vysere, Scottish veseir, vesere. β. Middle English–1500s visar, Scottish wysar, 1500s vysar, 1500s–1600s (1800s) vizar; ScottishMiddle English–1500s wesar, 1500s vesar, vezar. γ. Middle English vesoure, 1500s visoure, vysour(e, 1600s vizour, 1500s–1600s (1800s) visour; 1500s– visor, vizor (1600s vizzor).

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman viser, < French vis face, vice n.³ Compare visiere n. and visure n.

a. The front part of a helmet, covering the face but provided with holes or openings to admit of seeing and breathing, and capable of being raised and lowered; sometimes spec. the upper portion of this. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > visor

cover of the eyesc1300

visorc1330

umbrerea1400

umber14..

umbraryc1442

umbrelc1470

visure1470

sight1508

vizard1704

umbril1864

mesail1869

α.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8552 By þe vyser he hym hent, & held it til he had sesed his nekke.

a1400 Coer de L. 323 Hys pusen therwith gan gon, And also hys brandellet bon, Hys vyser and hys gorgere.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 4185 Lamedoun, with a despiteous chere, From his face raced his visere.

1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 194 My mastyr lent hym..a salat wyth a vesere of meleyn.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. xii. 181 Thenne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble countenaunce.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxliv. 540 Then Gloryand and Malabrone lyft vp theyr wessers and shewyd theyr faces.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7092 He..voidet his viser, auentid hym seluyn.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Visiere, the viser, or sight of an helmet.

β. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 386 Graym..smate that knycht in teyn Towart the wesar, a litill be-neth the Eyn.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 830 An othir awkwart apon the face tuk he, Wysar and frount bathe in the feild gert fle.1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 367 Item, for ane vesar to ane gret hewmond and ane litill gard that beris the gret gard,..lvj s.1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 179 Saturnus doune withe fyry eyn did blent Throw bludy visar men manasing to gar de.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 285/1 Vysar of harnes, uisiere dung armet.γ. 1459 Paston Lett. I. 487 Item, viii. saletts, white, withe out vesoure.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii6^v She..Made him low incline his lofty crest, And bowd his battred visour to his brest.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 89 Why then your visor should be thatcht. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Helmet Dukes and Princes have their Helmet, damask'd, fronting, the Vizor almost open, and without Bars.1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 35 In this state nearly globular,..resembling in figure an antique helmet with a vizor.1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 394 From the raised vizor's shade, his eye, Dark-rolling, glanced the ranks along.1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 336 He was pierced with a shaft of a javelin through the visor of his helmet.1879 J. R. Green Readings Eng. Hist. xvii. 82 They were in mail with their vizors down.1957 Time 2 Sept. 37/2 Simons quickly clamped shut the visor of his space helmet.1962 W. Schirra in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 51 Once we are up..we can open up our visor and breathe the cabin air for a bit.

b. U.S. The stiff rounded part on the front of a cap; = peak n.² 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > projecting front > (peak) of cap

peak1660

shade1818

visor1864

skip1888

bill1935

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1892 A. Bierce In Midst of Life 95 His cap was worn with the visor a trifle askew.

c. A shade for protecting the eyes from unwanted light while not impeding the vision; spec. one attached to the top of the windscreen of a motor vehicle or aircraft.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > windscreen > sun visor

sun visor1920

visor1925

1925 J.-L. Hudon Lexique Technique 109 Windshield visor.

1936 Times 19 Oct. 8/2 The inside fittings include..sun visors, footrests, etc.

1952 Times 9 Jan. 3/3 Canberra pilots at Binbrook are testing a new type of visor for protecting crews against the glare at high altitudes.

1957 C. F. Rawnsley & R. Wright Night Fighter 57 I peered into the visor [of a radar], trying to accustom my eyes to the dim light.

1973 ‘E. McBain’ Let's hear It iii. 41 The visor on the driver's side was down.

2. A mask to conceal the face; a vizard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > for face or head

visorc1380

visernc1400

visurec1460

visiere1485

vizard1558

vision1563

bo-peeper1609

larvea1656

outsidea1656

vizard-mask1668

visor-mask1672

face mask1754

crape1785

false face1817

bird mask1853

vizarding1861

stocking mask1966

ski-mask1973

α.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 226 Siche fendis wiþ þer visers maken men to flee pees.

a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 2779 A viser he made more, Two faces bihinde and two before.

c1485 Wisdom 755 in Digby Myst. (1896) 166 Here entre vj womane in sute, thre disgysede as galauntes, and thre as matrones, with wonderfulle vysers.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxlv The one hath a vyser vgly: set on his face Another hath on, vyle counterfayte vesture.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xvj Thei were appareled in garmentes long and brode..with visers and cappes of gold.

β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 285/1 Vysar for a mummar, faulx uisaige.1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 12 Any person..with his face hyde or covered withe hoode or vysar.1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 14 Vezars or maskes for men & women.1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 48 Their faces hid alone, With visars close.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 233 Ministri quasi larvæ Dei, saies Luther. It may be somewhat too familiarly, too vulgarly said, but usefully; The ministery of the Gospell is but as Gods Vizar..but in the Resurrection, God shall put of that Vizar, and turne away that picture, and shew his own face.a1689 A. Behn tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. vi. 486 His Image..Breaks through the Cloud of Darkness; and a Shine Gilds all the sooty Vizar!1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. i. 8 He complains that Executioners in Vizars [personati Carnifices] cut off the King's Head.γ. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 9 Preamble Dyvers persones have disgysed and appareld theym, and covert theyr fayces with Vysours.1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. x. f. 147 The fouler in the meane tyme, disguysinge hym selfe as it were with a visour.1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 205 Each of those Idolles had a counterfaite visor with eies of glasse.1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 7 Lines, therefore, over-darke, or over-trimm'd, Are like a Picture with a Visour limm'd.1682 J. Flavell Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) vi. 78 There are some things which are..scarecrows and vizors which children fear.1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 127 You can never think an Amour began in a Vizor in the Play-house, will ever end in the Church.1719 E. Young Busiris iii. 35 The rest in Vizors, fearing to be known, Have ventur'd thro' the Streets for your Protection.1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vi. 152 They were still disguised in cloaks and visors.a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 436 With a fearful vizor on his face, And a bright axe in his hand.1906 B. Capes Loaves & Fishes 146 The eyelets in its woollen visor were like holes scorched through by the burning gaze behind.

3. figurative (or in figurative contexts).

a. An outward appearance or show under which something different is hid; a mask or disguise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > mask, cloak, disguise

visor1390

scugc1485

cloak1526

visor1532

vizarda1555

mask1577

superficiesa1592

muffler1605

umbrella1623

misguise1646

travesty1732

iron mask1760

domino1836

vizarding1861

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 354/2 I shall so pull of theire gaye paynted visours, that euery man..shall plainlye perceiue and beholde the bare vgly gargyle faces of their abhominable heresie.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. F6 The crafty cunning traine, By which deceipt doth maske in visour faire.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 57 All discouered lyes, The vizor's off.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian He concealed his dislike (their enmity being covered yet under a fair visour).

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. ii. 23 I'le make it appear that you have only put on a Knaves Vizor for the present.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women (ed. 2) I. iv. 132 A person proceeds by little and little to take off the visor.

1798 Anti-Jacobin 12 Feb. 110/1 But soon the Vizor drop'd.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I i, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 239 When lawyers masque 'tis time for honest men To strip the vizor from their purposes.

1831 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. It appeared to him that it would have been an idle piece of affectation to attempt getting up a new incognito, after his original visor had been thus dashed from his brow.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xv. 81 Nor can we justify his personal retreat from the battle-field, and his return under the vizor of an accomplished champion.

b. Const. of (the quality, etc., serving as a mask or disguise).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > mask, cloak, disguise

visor1390

scugc1485

cloak1526

visor1532

vizarda1555

mask1577

superficiesa1592

muffler1605

umbrella1623

misguise1646

travesty1732

iron mask1760

domino1836

vizarding1861

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 258 Under the viser of Envie, Lo, thus was hid the tricherie, Which hath beguiled manyon.

1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes D viij b So apperyng to theim with a visor of simplicitie and holines..gat credite of vertue and Godlinesse.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 144 There is scarse any substaunce at all in Free will,..except a glorious visour of Title onely.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vi. §4. 65 This Vizzor of holie and zealous reuenge falling off, discouered the face of couetousnesse so much the more ouglie.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 122 Those that are meer outsides & visors of Christianity.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 32 He pulled off his Vizour of a friend, and discovered what he was.

a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. x. 167 I had buckled on a breast-plate of steely indifference, and let down a visor of impassible austerity.

1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 19 She put on the vizar of religion.

†4. A face or countenance; an outward aspect or appearance. Also figurative of immaterial things. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

laitc1175

semblanta1225

sightc1275

fare1297

showingc1300

specea1325

parelc1330

guise1340

countenance1362

semblance?a1366

apparel1377

regardc1380

apparencec1384

imagec1384

spicec1384

overseeminga1398

kenninga1400

seemingc1400

visage1422

rinda1450

semenauntc1450

'pearance1456

outwardc1475

representation1489

favour?a1500

figurea1522

assemblant1523

prospect?1533

respect1535

visure1545

perceiverance1546

outwardshine1549

species1559

utter-shape1566

look1567

physiognomy1567

face1572

paintry1573

visor1575

mienc1586

superficies?1589

behaviour1590

aspect1594

complexion1597

confrontment1604

show1604

aira1616

beseeminga1616

formality1615

resemblancea1616

blush1620

upcomea1630

presentment1637

scheme1655

sensation1662

visibility1669

plumage1707

facies1727

remark1748

extrinsica1797

exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun]

leera700

nebeOE

onseneeOE

wlitec950

anlethOE

nebshaftc1225

snouta1300

facec1300

visage1303

semblantc1315

vicea1325

cheera1350

countenance1393

front1398

fashiona1400

visurec1400

physiognomyc1425

groina1500

faxa1522

favour1525

facies1565

visor1575

complexiona1616

frontispiecea1625

mun1667

phiz1687

mug1708

mazard1725

physiog1791

dial plate1811

fizzog1811

jiba1825

dial1837

figurehead1840

Chevy Chase1859

mooey1859

snoot1861

chivvy1889

clock1899

map1899

mush1902

pan1920

kisser1938

boat1958

boat race1958

punim1965

1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 158 They looke onely vpon the outward visour of the lawe.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4^v This loutish clowne is such, that you neuer saw so ill fauourd a visar.

1591 H. Smith Restit. Nabuchadnezzer sig. B3 They which vnderstand not yet what is the booke of God, are but horse and mule, though they beare the visors of men.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 15 Sicknesse, Poverty, Exile, Death,..by expectation lessen the terror of their visors.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 22 Lay by that Worldly Face and produce your natural Vizor.

5. A variety of pigeon (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types

porcelainc1530

turn-pate1611

light horseman1661

runt1661

smiter1668

helmet1676

mammet1678

Cortbeck1688

turbit1688

turner1688

dragoon1725

finicking1725

Leghorn1725

nun1725

owl1725

petit1725

trumpeter1725

horseman1735

Mahomet1735

barbel1736

turn-tail1736

frill-back1765

blue rock1825

beard1826

ice pigeon1829

toy1831

black1839

skinnum1839

splash1851

whole-feather1851

spangle1854

swallow1854

shield1855

stork pigeon1855

Swabian1855

yellow1855

archangel1867

dragon1867

starling1867

magpie1868

smerle1869

bluette1870

cumulet1876

oriental1876

spot fairy1876

turbiteen1876

blondinette1879

hyacinth1879

Modena pigeon1879

silver-dun1879

silverette1879

silver-mealy1879

swift pigeon1879

Victoria1879

visor1879

ice1881

swallow pigeon1881

velvet fairy1881

priesta1889

frill1890

1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper 179 Vizors are another and the last introduced of the short-billed Frilled Pigeons.

1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons 236 The Vizor. This variety was produced by crossing the domino with the satinette tribe, the object being to have coloured headed satinettes.

1892 J. C. Lyell Pigeon-keeping 102 The Vizor may be called a Bluette with coloured head, as in the Domino.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as visor-clasp, visor-helm, visor-smile; vizor-faced, visor-like adjs.

ΚΠ

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fii^v With visorlike visage, suche as it was, She smyrkd.

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia i. sig. C3^v This vizar-fac't pole-head dissimulation, This parrasite.

1797 T. Park Sonnets 106 O! that the world would by her ways improve,..Nor wear the vizor-smile of feigned love.

1798 W. S. Landor Gebir i. 51 His vizor-helm, His buckler and his corset [1803 corslet] he laid by.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxvii. 260 Strong Egremont for air must gasp, Beauchamp undoes his visor-clasp.

C2.

visor-bearer n. a Brazilian bird having head-feathers arranged like a visor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

zumbador1758

sunbeam1769

black warrior1831

hermit-bird1837

Anna's hummingbird1839

jacobin1843

straight-tail1843

vervain hummingbird1847

wedge-bill1848

fiery topaz1854

sungem1856

wood-star1859

calliope1861

rainbow1861

sabre-wing1861

sawbill1861

swallowtail1861

sword-bill1861

thorn-bill1861

visor-bearer1861

warrior1861

wood-nymph1861

puffleg1869

calliope hummingbird1872

flame-bearer1882

shear-tail1885

plature1890

rainbow starfrontlet1966

1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ IV. Pl. 221 Augastes Scutatus, Natterer's Vizor-bearer.

1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ IV. Pl. 222 Augastes Lumachellus, Hooded Vizor-bearer.

visor-mask n. (a) a form of disguising mask; a domino; (b) a prostitute. Cf. vizard-mask n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > for face or head

visorc1380

visernc1400

visurec1460

visiere1485

vizard1558

vision1563

bo-peeper1609

larvea1656

outsidea1656

vizard-mask1668

visor-mask1672

face mask1754

crape1785

false face1817

bird mask1853

vizarding1861

stocking mask1966

ski-mask1973

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute

meretrixOE

whoreOE

soiled dovea1250

common womanc1330

putec1384

bordel womanc1405

putaina1425

brothelc1450

harlot?a1475

public womanc1510

naughty pack?1529

draba1533

cat1535

strange woman1535

stew1552

causey-paikera1555

putanie?1566

drivelling1570

twigger1573

punka1575

hackney1579

customer1583

commodity1591

streetwalker1591

traffic1591

trug1591

hackster1592

polecat1593

stale1593

mermaid1595

medlar1597

occupant1598

Paphian1598

Winchester goose1598

pagan1600

hell-moth1602

aunt1604

moll1604

prostitution1605

community1606

miss1606

night-worm1606

bat1607

croshabell1607

prostitute1607

pug1607

venturer1607

nag1608

curtal1611

jumbler1611

land-frigate1611

walk-street1611

doll-common1612

turn-up1612

barber's chaira1616

commonera1616

public commonera1616

trader1615

venturea1616

stewpot1616

tweak1617

carry-knave1623

prostibule1623

fling-dusta1625

mar-taila1625

night-shadea1625

waistcoateera1625

night trader1630

coolera1632

meretrician1631

painted ladya1637

treadle1638

buttock1641

night-walker1648

mob?1650

lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651

lady of pleasure1652

trugmullion1654

fallen woman1659

girlc1662

high-flyer1663

fireship1665

quaedama1670

small girl1671

visor-mask1672

vizard-mask1672

bulker1673

marmalade-madam1674

town miss1675

town woman1675

lady of the night1677

mawks1677

fling-stink1679

Whetstone whore1684

man-leech1687

nocturnal1693

hack1699

strum1699

fille de joie1705

market-dame1706

screw1725

girl of (the) town1733

Cytherean1751

street girl1764

monnisher1765

lady of easy virtue1766

woman (also lady) of the town1766

kennel-nymph1771

chicken1782

stargazer1785

loose fish1809

receiver general1811

Cyprian1819

mollya1822

dolly-mop1834

hooker1845

charver1846

tail1846

horse-breaker1861

professional1862

flagger1865

cocodette1867

cocotte1867

queen's woman1871

common prostitute1875

joro1884

geisha1887

horizontal1888

flossy1893

moth1896

girl of the pavement1900

pross1902

prossie1902

pusher1902

split-arse mechanic1903

broad1914

shawl1922

bum1923

quiff1923

hustler1924

lady of the evening1924

prostie1926

working girl1928

prostisciutto1930

maggie1932

brass1934

brass nail1934

mud kicker1934

scupper1935

model1936

poule de luxe1937

pro1937

chromo1941

Tom1941

pan-pan1949

twopenny upright1958

scrubber1959

slack1959

yum-yum girl1960

Suzie Wong1962

mattress1964

jamette1965

ho1966

sex worker1971

pavement princess1976

parlour girl1979

crack whore1990

(a)

1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 11 Personam induere doth also signifie to put on a perruke and visor-mask.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 52 I'll put on my Vizor-Mask however, for more security.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 50 A Whore [is known] by a Vizor-Mask: And a Fool by Talking to her.

1713 A. Pope in Guardian 16 Mar. 1/1 Even Truth itself in a Dedication is like an Honest Man in a Disguise or Vizor-Masque.

(b)1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 105 The Orange-Wenches, and the Vizor-Masks.1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer Epil. 80 The Vizor-Masks, that are in Pit and Gallery, Approve, or Damn the Repartee and Rallery.

Draft additions September 2019

Originally and chiefly U.S. An item of headwear consisting of a band around the head with a stiff peak at the front to shade the wearer's eyes; = sun visor n. (b) at sun n.¹ Compounds 5a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > hood or brim to protect face

bongrace1530

shadow1578

curtain1788

shade1818

ugly1850

poke1859

sunshade1868

sun visor1920

visor1939

1939 Vogue Jan. 62 Her sun-glasses, her hatless smooth head (sometimes she wears a visor or scarf)..all an object-lesson in ski simplicity.

2017 W. Gardner You're Welcome Universe 98 I take out my visor, Velcro it under my ponytail.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	visor
释义	visorvizorn. Brit. /ˈvʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈvaɪzər/ Forms: α. Middle English–1600s viser, vyser (1500s wesser); Middle English visere, vysere, Scottish veseir, vesere. β. Middle English–1500s visar, Scottish wysar, 1500s vysar, 1500s–1600s (1800s) vizar; ScottishMiddle English–1500s wesar, 1500s vesar, vezar. γ. Middle English vesoure, 1500s visoure, vysour(e, 1600s vizour, 1500s–1600s (1800s) visour; 1500s– visor, vizor (1600s vizzor). Etymology: < Anglo-Norman viser, < French vis face, vice n.³ Compare visiere n. and visure n. 1. a. The front part of a helmet, covering the face but provided with holes or openings to admit of seeing and breathing, and capable of being raised and lowered; sometimes spec. the upper portion of this. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > visor cover of the eyesc1300 visorc1330 umbrerea1400 umber14.. umbraryc1442 umbrelc1470 visure1470 sight1508 vizard1704 umbril1864 mesail1869 α. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8552 By þe vyser he hym hent, & held it til he had sesed his nekke. a1400 Coer de L. 323 Hys pusen therwith gan gon, And also hys brandellet bon, Hys vyser and hys gorgere. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 4185 Lamedoun, with a despiteous chere, From his face raced his visere. 1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 194 My mastyr lent hym..a salat wyth a vesere of meleyn. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. xii. 181 Thenne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble countenaunce. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxliv. 540 Then Gloryand and Malabrone lyft vp theyr wessers and shewyd theyr faces. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7092 He..voidet his viser, auentid hym seluyn. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Visiere, the viser, or sight of an helmet. β. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 386 Graym..smate that knycht in teyn Towart the wesar, a litill be-neth the Eyn.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 830 An othir awkwart apon the face tuk he, Wysar and frount bathe in the feild gert fle.1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 367 Item, for ane vesar to ane gret hewmond and ane litill gard that beris the gret gard,..lvj s.1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 179 Saturnus doune withe fyry eyn did blent Throw bludy visar men manasing to gar de.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 285/1 Vysar of harnes, uisiere dung armet.γ. 1459 Paston Lett. I. 487 Item, viii. saletts, white, withe out vesoure.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii6^v She..Made him low incline his lofty crest, And bowd his battred visour to his brest.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 89 Why then your visor should be thatcht. View more context for this quotation1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Helmet Dukes and Princes have their Helmet, damask'd, fronting, the Vizor almost open, and without Bars.1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 35 In this state nearly globular,..resembling in figure an antique helmet with a vizor.1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 394 From the raised vizor's shade, his eye, Dark-rolling, glanced the ranks along.1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 336 He was pierced with a shaft of a javelin through the visor of his helmet.1879 J. R. Green Readings Eng. Hist. xvii. 82 They were in mail with their vizors down.1957 Time 2 Sept. 37/2 Simons quickly clamped shut the visor of his space helmet.1962 W. Schirra in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 51 Once we are up..we can open up our visor and breathe the cabin air for a bit. b. U.S. The stiff rounded part on the front of a cap; = peak n.² 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > projecting front > (peak) of cap peak1660 shade1818 visor1864 skip1888 bill1935 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1892 A. Bierce In Midst of Life 95 His cap was worn with the visor a trifle askew. c. A shade for protecting the eyes from unwanted light while not impeding the vision; spec. one attached to the top of the windscreen of a motor vehicle or aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > windscreen > sun visor sun visor1920 visor1925 1925 J.-L. Hudon Lexique Technique 109 Windshield visor. 1936 Times 19 Oct. 8/2 The inside fittings include..sun visors, footrests, etc. 1952 Times 9 Jan. 3/3 Canberra pilots at Binbrook are testing a new type of visor for protecting crews against the glare at high altitudes. 1957 C. F. Rawnsley & R. Wright Night Fighter 57 I peered into the visor [of a radar], trying to accustom my eyes to the dim light. 1973 ‘E. McBain’ Let's hear It iii. 41 The visor on the driver's side was down. 2. A mask to conceal the face; a vizard. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > for face or head visorc1380 visernc1400 visurec1460 visiere1485 vizard1558 vision1563 bo-peeper1609 larvea1656 outsidea1656 vizard-mask1668 visor-mask1672 face mask1754 crape1785 false face1817 bird mask1853 vizarding1861 stocking mask1966 ski-mask1973 α. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 226 Siche fendis wiþ þer visers maken men to flee pees. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 2779 A viser he made more, Two faces bihinde and two before. c1485 Wisdom 755 in Digby Myst. (1896) 166 Here entre vj womane in sute, thre disgysede as galauntes, and thre as matrones, with wonderfulle vysers. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxlv The one hath a vyser vgly: set on his face Another hath on, vyle counterfayte vesture. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xvj Thei were appareled in garmentes long and brode..with visers and cappes of gold. β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 285/1 Vysar for a mummar, faulx uisaige.1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 12 Any person..with his face hyde or covered withe hoode or vysar.1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 14 Vezars or maskes for men & women.1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 48 Their faces hid alone, With visars close.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 233 Ministri quasi larvæ Dei, saies Luther. It may be somewhat too familiarly, too vulgarly said, but usefully; The ministery of the Gospell is but as Gods Vizar..but in the Resurrection, God shall put of that Vizar, and turne away that picture, and shew his own face.a1689 A. Behn tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. vi. 486 His Image..Breaks through the Cloud of Darkness; and a Shine Gilds all the sooty Vizar!1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. i. 8 He complains that Executioners in Vizars [personati Carnifices] cut off the King's Head.γ. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 9 Preamble Dyvers persones have disgysed and appareld theym, and covert theyr fayces with Vysours.1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. x. f. 147 The fouler in the meane tyme, disguysinge hym selfe as it were with a visour.1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 205 Each of those Idolles had a counterfaite visor with eies of glasse.1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 7 Lines, therefore, over-darke, or over-trimm'd, Are like a Picture with a Visour limm'd.1682 J. Flavell Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) vi. 78 There are some things which are..scarecrows and vizors which children fear.1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 127 You can never think an Amour began in a Vizor in the Play-house, will ever end in the Church.1719 E. Young Busiris iii. 35 The rest in Vizors, fearing to be known, Have ventur'd thro' the Streets for your Protection.1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vi. 152 They were still disguised in cloaks and visors.a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 436 With a fearful vizor on his face, And a bright axe in his hand.1906 B. Capes Loaves & Fishes 146 The eyelets in its woollen visor were like holes scorched through by the burning gaze behind. 3. figurative (or in figurative contexts). a. An outward appearance or show under which something different is hid; a mask or disguise. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > mask, cloak, disguise visor1390 scugc1485 cloak1526 visor1532 vizarda1555 mask1577 superficiesa1592 muffler1605 umbrella1623 misguise1646 travesty1732 iron mask1760 domino1836 vizarding1861 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 354/2 I shall so pull of theire gaye paynted visours, that euery man..shall plainlye perceiue and beholde the bare vgly gargyle faces of their abhominable heresie. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. F6 The crafty cunning traine, By which deceipt doth maske in visour faire. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 57 All discouered lyes, The vizor's off. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian He concealed his dislike (their enmity being covered yet under a fair visour). 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. ii. 23 I'le make it appear that you have only put on a Knaves Vizor for the present. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women (ed. 2) I. iv. 132 A person proceeds by little and little to take off the visor. 1798 Anti-Jacobin 12 Feb. 110/1 But soon the Vizor drop'd. a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I i, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 239 When lawyers masque 'tis time for honest men To strip the vizor from their purposes. 1831 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. It appeared to him that it would have been an idle piece of affectation to attempt getting up a new incognito, after his original visor had been thus dashed from his brow. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xv. 81 Nor can we justify his personal retreat from the battle-field, and his return under the vizor of an accomplished champion. b. Const. of (the quality, etc., serving as a mask or disguise). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > mask, cloak, disguise visor1390 scugc1485 cloak1526 visor1532 vizarda1555 mask1577 superficiesa1592 muffler1605 umbrella1623 misguise1646 travesty1732 iron mask1760 domino1836 vizarding1861 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 258 Under the viser of Envie, Lo, thus was hid the tricherie, Which hath beguiled manyon. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes D viij b So apperyng to theim with a visor of simplicitie and holines..gat credite of vertue and Godlinesse. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 144 There is scarse any substaunce at all in Free will,..except a glorious visour of Title onely. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vi. §4. 65 This Vizzor of holie and zealous reuenge falling off, discouered the face of couetousnesse so much the more ouglie. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 122 Those that are meer outsides & visors of Christianity. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 32 He pulled off his Vizour of a friend, and discovered what he was. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. x. 167 I had buckled on a breast-plate of steely indifference, and let down a visor of impassible austerity. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 19 She put on the vizar of religion. †4. A face or countenance; an outward aspect or appearance. Also figurative of immaterial things. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] leera700 nebeOE onseneeOE wlitec950 anlethOE nebshaftc1225 snouta1300 facec1300 visage1303 semblantc1315 vicea1325 cheera1350 countenance1393 front1398 fashiona1400 visurec1400 physiognomyc1425 groina1500 faxa1522 favour1525 facies1565 visor1575 complexiona1616 frontispiecea1625 mun1667 phiz1687 mug1708 mazard1725 physiog1791 dial plate1811 fizzog1811 jiba1825 dial1837 figurehead1840 Chevy Chase1859 mooey1859 snoot1861 chivvy1889 clock1899 map1899 mush1902 pan1920 kisser1938 boat1958 boat race1958 punim1965 1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 158 They looke onely vpon the outward visour of the lawe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C4^v This loutish clowne is such, that you neuer saw so ill fauourd a visar. 1591 H. Smith Restit. Nabuchadnezzer sig. B3 They which vnderstand not yet what is the booke of God, are but horse and mule, though they beare the visors of men. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 15 Sicknesse, Poverty, Exile, Death,..by expectation lessen the terror of their visors. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 22 Lay by that Worldly Face and produce your natural Vizor. 5. A variety of pigeon (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper 179 Vizors are another and the last introduced of the short-billed Frilled Pigeons. 1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons 236 The Vizor. This variety was produced by crossing the domino with the satinette tribe, the object being to have coloured headed satinettes. 1892 J. C. Lyell Pigeon-keeping 102 The Vizor may be called a Bluette with coloured head, as in the Domino. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as visor-clasp, visor-helm, visor-smile; vizor-faced, visor-like adjs. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fii^v With visorlike visage, suche as it was, She smyrkd. 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia i. sig. C3^v This vizar-fac't pole-head dissimulation, This parrasite. 1797 T. Park Sonnets 106 O! that the world would by her ways improve,..Nor wear the vizor-smile of feigned love. 1798 W. S. Landor Gebir i. 51 His vizor-helm, His buckler and his corset [1803 corslet] he laid by. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxvii. 260 Strong Egremont for air must gasp, Beauchamp undoes his visor-clasp. C2. visor-bearer n. a Brazilian bird having head-feathers arranged like a visor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of zumbador1758 sunbeam1769 black warrior1831 hermit-bird1837 Anna's hummingbird1839 jacobin1843 straight-tail1843 vervain hummingbird1847 wedge-bill1848 fiery topaz1854 sungem1856 wood-star1859 calliope1861 rainbow1861 sabre-wing1861 sawbill1861 swallowtail1861 sword-bill1861 thorn-bill1861 visor-bearer1861 warrior1861 wood-nymph1861 puffleg1869 calliope hummingbird1872 flame-bearer1882 shear-tail1885 plature1890 rainbow starfrontlet1966 1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ IV. Pl. 221 Augastes Scutatus, Natterer's Vizor-bearer. 1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ IV. Pl. 222 Augastes Lumachellus, Hooded Vizor-bearer. visor-mask n. (a) a form of disguising mask; a domino; (b) a prostitute. Cf. vizard-mask n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > for face or head visorc1380 visernc1400 visurec1460 visiere1485 vizard1558 vision1563 bo-peeper1609 larvea1656 outsidea1656 vizard-mask1668 visor-mask1672 face mask1754 crape1785 false face1817 bird mask1853 vizarding1861 stocking mask1966 ski-mask1973 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute meretrixOE whoreOE soiled dovea1250 common womanc1330 putec1384 bordel womanc1405 putaina1425 brothelc1450 harlot?a1475 public womanc1510 naughty pack?1529 draba1533 cat1535 strange woman1535 stew1552 causey-paikera1555 putanie?1566 drivelling1570 twigger1573 punka1575 hackney1579 customer1583 commodity1591 streetwalker1591 traffic1591 trug1591 hackster1592 polecat1593 stale1593 mermaid1595 medlar1597 occupant1598 Paphian1598 Winchester goose1598 pagan1600 hell-moth1602 aunt1604 moll1604 prostitution1605 community1606 miss1606 night-worm1606 bat1607 croshabell1607 prostitute1607 pug1607 venturer1607 nag1608 curtal1611 jumbler1611 land-frigate1611 walk-street1611 doll-common1612 turn-up1612 barber's chaira1616 commonera1616 public commonera1616 trader1615 venturea1616 stewpot1616 tweak1617 carry-knave1623 prostibule1623 fling-dusta1625 mar-taila1625 night-shadea1625 waistcoateera1625 night trader1630 coolera1632 meretrician1631 painted ladya1637 treadle1638 buttock1641 night-walker1648 mob?1650 lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651 lady of pleasure1652 trugmullion1654 fallen woman1659 girlc1662 high-flyer1663 fireship1665 quaedama1670 small girl1671 visor-mask1672 vizard-mask1672 bulker1673 marmalade-madam1674 town miss1675 town woman1675 lady of the night1677 mawks1677 fling-stink1679 Whetstone whore1684 man-leech1687 nocturnal1693 hack1699 strum1699 fille de joie1705 market-dame1706 screw1725 girl of (the) town1733 Cytherean1751 street girl1764 monnisher1765 lady of easy virtue1766 woman (also lady) of the town1766 kennel-nymph1771 chicken1782 stargazer1785 loose fish1809 receiver general1811 Cyprian1819 mollya1822 dolly-mop1834 hooker1845 charver1846 tail1846 horse-breaker1861 professional1862 flagger1865 cocodette1867 cocotte1867 queen's woman1871 common prostitute1875 joro1884 geisha1887 horizontal1888 flossy1893 moth1896 girl of the pavement1900 pross1902 prossie1902 pusher1902 split-arse mechanic1903 broad1914 shawl1922 bum1923 quiff1923 hustler1924 lady of the evening1924 prostie1926 working girl1928 prostisciutto1930 maggie1932 brass1934 brass nail1934 mud kicker1934 scupper1935 model1936 poule de luxe1937 pro1937 chromo1941 Tom1941 pan-pan1949 twopenny upright1958 scrubber1959 slack1959 yum-yum girl1960 Suzie Wong1962 mattress1964 jamette1965 ho1966 sex worker1971 pavement princess1976 parlour girl1979 crack whore1990 (a) 1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 11 Personam induere doth also signifie to put on a perruke and visor-mask. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 52 I'll put on my Vizor-Mask however, for more security. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 50 A Whore [is known] by a Vizor-Mask: And a Fool by Talking to her. 1713 A. Pope in Guardian 16 Mar. 1/1 Even Truth itself in a Dedication is like an Honest Man in a Disguise or Vizor-Masque. (b)1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 105 The Orange-Wenches, and the Vizor-Masks.1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer Epil. 80 The Vizor-Masks, that are in Pit and Gallery, Approve, or Damn the Repartee and Rallery. Draft additions September 2019 Originally and chiefly U.S. An item of headwear consisting of a band around the head with a stiff peak at the front to shade the wearer's eyes; = sun visor n. (b) at sun n.¹ Compounds 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > hood or brim to protect face bongrace1530 shadow1578 curtain1788 shade1818 ugly1850 poke1859 sunshade1868 sun visor1920 visor1939 1939 Vogue Jan. 62 Her sun-glasses, her hatless smooth head (sometimes she wears a visor or scarf)..all an object-lesson in ski simplicity. 2017 W. Gardner You're Welcome Universe 98 I take out my visor, Velcro it under my ponytail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). visorvizorv. Brit. /ˈvʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈvaɪzər/ Forms: Also 1500s viser. Etymology: < visor n. rare. 1. reflexive. To disguise (oneself) with a visor. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxx^v In secrete places euery one visered himselfe, so that they were vnknowen. 2. transitive. To cover up with a visor. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and conceal overwryeOE hidec1374 forcover1382 veilc1384 overclosec1400 shroud1426 wimple1532 smotherc1592 encurtain1596 over-curtain1621 coverclea1631 bury1737 stifle1820 visor1872 becurtain1878 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 64 The Sun,..vizoring up a red And cipher face of rounded foolishness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330v.1548
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