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VIZABD. 274 VIZY.
on that Vizard -monger. i8^ R. A. Vaughan Mystics (i860)
11. 116 [Loyola's] order, .claimed and merited the monopoly
of the vizard manufacture.
Vizard, obs. or dial, form of Wizard.
Vi'sard* z'. Now rare. Also 7 visard, [f.
the sb.]
+ 1. trans. To conceal or disguise (something)
under a false outward show or appearance ; to
represent falsely or speciously. Obs.
i6a8 Prvnss BriefSurvay 48 Their dangerous and tnfectious
plague- soares, which arc onely vizarded and palliated,
not clothed nor warmed with the sacred Robes. 1631
Weever Anc. FunereU Mon. 51 Cloakes to hide their
knauery,and beards to visard their hypocrisie. 1660 Shirley
AmiromoJia iv. vii, Plangus who hath vizarded his ends
With vertue.
2. To cover or disguise (the face, etc.) with or as
with a vizard or visor ; to mask.
^60* I-'^ss b. below). 1613 Sir A. Sherlev
Trav. Persia 47 The place of the Viseire comprehending
in it, the office of Chancellor, and high Treasurer, c x6i8
MoRYSON liin. IV. (1903) 21 The Visers or Viceroyes residing
in Constantinople being 4. of old, were 7 at this
tyme. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 28 Nassuf Bashaw,
the Visier and Generall to Sultan Schmat. 1696 tr. Du
MonVs Voy. Levant xiv. 177 The seven Visiers of the
Bench brought up the Rear oi this Magnifient Troop. 1707
Lond. Gaz. No. 4363/1 The Janisaries have depos'd the
Grand Seignior, and set his Nephew upon the Throne, who
. .is to act under the Direction of Four Visiers during his
Minority. 1728 Ibid. No. 6023/1 The Venetian Bailo has
not yet been with the Vizier. 1786 Burkk Art. agst. W.
Hastings Wks. XI. 371 A certain prince called Sujab ul
Dowla, Nabob of Oude, and Vizier of the empire. 1819
T. Hope Anastasius I. Notes 331 All Pashas, before whom
are carried the three horse-tails, have the title of Visier.
1847 Mrs. a. Kerr tr. Ranke's Hist. Servia 369 In a great
council of Viziers and Ulemas assembled at the house of
Scheik-ul-Islam. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 268/1 The
office of vizier, which spread from the Arabs to the Persians,
Turks, Mongols, and other Oriental peoples, arose under
the first Abbasid caliphs.
trans/. 1848 Thackeray Van, Fair li, His Lordship's
vizier and chief confidential servant.. Mr. Wenbam.
t b. With the title bashaw added or prefixed.
(See quot 1 819 in above). Obs,
1599 Dallam in Early Voy. Levant (Hakl. Soc.) 60 Our
imbassader Delivered a presente to the Vizeare Basha at
his house. i6ot R. Johnson Kingd.