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Webster 1913 Edition
Visor
Vis′or
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Visor
VI'SOR
,Noun.
1.
A head piece or mask used to disfigure and disguise.My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor.
Swarms of knaves the visor quite disgrace.
2.
A perforated part of a helmet.