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VISOR.<br />
V. 1459 Paston Lett. I. 487 Item, viii. saletts, white, withe<br />
out vesoure. 1590 Spenser F.Q. hi. vii. 42 She.. made him<br />
low incline his lofty crest, And bowd his batired visour to<br />
his brest. 1599 Shaks. Much Ado 11. i. 99 Why then your<br />
visor should be ihatcht. 1718 Chambers Cyd, s.v. Heintet,<br />
Dukes and I'rinces have their Helmet, damask'd, fronting,<br />
the Vizor almost open, and without Bars. 1796 Withering<br />
Brit. Flants (ed. 3) U. 35 In this state nearly globular,.<br />
resembling in figure an antique helmet with a vizor. 1803<br />
Scott Cadyotu Castle xxxix. From the raised vizor's shade,<br />
his eye, Dark-roliing, glanced the ranks along, 1836<br />
Thirlwall Greece xvi. II. 336 He was pierced with a shaft<br />
of a javelin through the visor of his helmet. 1879 Grern<br />
Read. Eng. Hist. xvii. 82 They were in mail with their<br />
vizors down.<br />
b. U.S. The stiff rounded part on the front of<br />
a cap ; = Pkak j^.2 i e.<br />
1864 Webster. 189a Bierce In Midst of Life 95 His cap<br />
was worn with the v.sor a trifle askew.<br />
2. A mask to conceal the face ; a vizard.<br />
o. 13.. 5^iifj'«6'a^^j{W.)2779Aviser he made more, Two<br />
faces uihinde and two before, c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. II.<br />
226 Siche fendis \vit> Jjer visers maken men to flee pees.<br />
c 1485 Wisdom 755 in Di^by Myst. (1896) 166 <strong>Here</strong> entre vj<br />
womane in sute, thre disgysede as galauntes, and thre as<br />
matrones, with wonderfulle vysers. 1509 Barclay Shyfo of<br />
J^olyi (1570) 232 Tiie one hath a viscr vgly set on his face,<br />
Another hath on viie counteifaite vesture, a 1548 Hall<br />
Ckron.f lien, l-'fl/^ 16 Thei wcte appareled in garmentes<br />
long and brodcwith visers and.cappes of gold.<br />
fi. X530 PAi-SGR.285/r Vysar fora m\imma.r,faulx uisaig^e.<br />
«S39 -^c' 31 Hen. VIII^ c. 12 Any person., with his face<br />
hytfe or covered withe hoode or vysar. 1547 in Feuillerat<br />
Revels Ediv. VI (1914) 14 Vezars or maskes for men &<br />
women. 1570 Goooe.Pop.Ki/igd. iv. 48 Their faces hid alone,<br />
With vi»;ars close. 1^8 Donne Surm. (1640) 231 In the<br />
Resurrection, God shall put of that Vizar, and turne away<br />
that picture, and shew his own face, a 1689 Mrs. Behn tr.<br />
Cowley's Plants w. 1426 His Image. . llreaks through the<br />
Cloud of Darkness ; and a Shine Gilds all the sooty Vizar I<br />
7. \^\x-\% Act 3 Hen.VIIIfZ., southern var. of U.^ Jisheth (OE.<br />
fiscap), fishing.<br />
ia97 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5341 A day as he weri was..& is<br />
men were ywent a vissejj.<br />
Viasett, obs, f. Visit v. Vissie, var. Vizt<br />
V. Sc.<br />
+ Vissier. Sc, Obs.-^ [f. vissy Vizy z*.] An<br />
inspector.<br />
i^ Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 175 The said Sir James Balfour<br />
of Pettindreich knycht . . vissier and ressaver.<br />
Viaaill, Sc. f. Wissel v, Obs, Vissite, obs.<br />
f. Visit v. Vissome, Sc. var. Visebn Obs.<br />
Viaay, var. Vizy v, Sc.<br />
Vist, obs, Sc. form of wist Wit v,<br />
Vista (vi-sta), sb. Also ^-gvisto. [It. (also<br />
Sp. and Pg.) visla^ f. L. vis-, ppl. stem of videre<br />
to see. The (orm vislo exhibits the common tendency<br />
to substitute -0 for -a in adoptions of<br />
Komanic words: cf. -ado a.]<br />
1. A view or prospect, especially one seen through<br />
an avenue of trees or other long and narrow opening,<br />
a. 1657 R- LicoN Barbadoes 97 This is one of the pleasantest<br />
Vistos in the Hand. 1717 A. Hamilton New Ace.<br />
K. Ind. I. xii. 136 The Churches .. standing gradually<br />
higher than one another, make the Visto from the Sea<br />
admirably pleasant. 1741 tr. Algarottion Newton s Theory<br />
I. 122 A Landskip drawn by Claude Lorrain, or a Visto by<br />
Canalleto. 1798 T. Green Diary Lover ofLit. (1810)83<br />
We caught a grand view of it, extending in a long visto,<br />
and bounded by the opposite projecting points of Cary<br />
Sconce and Hurst Castle. 1817 J. Scott Paris Revisit.<br />
(ed. 4) 49 It was impossible to look in any direction but<br />
along the narrowing visto of canal.<br />
)3. 1686 BuKNET Trav. '2^1 On several hands one sees a<br />
long Vista of streets, 17x1 Pope Temple Fame 263 The<br />
Temple evVy moment grew, And ampler Vista's open'd to<br />
my view. 1735 Somervili.e Chase iv. 480 The flow'ry<br />
Landskip, and the gilded Dome, And Vistas op'ning to the<br />
wearied Eye. 1770 Goi.dsm. Des. Vill. 298 liut verging to<br />
decline, its splendours rise, Its vistas strike, its palaces<br />
surprise. x83a G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries 1. 370<br />
Near the tomb is obtained a splendid vista of Naples in all<br />
its glory, 1850 KiNGSLEY A. Locke xi, I stood looking<br />
wistfully over the gate, .at the inviting vista of the green<br />
embroidered path. 1873 Hiccinson Oldport Days-x..7.
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