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vizard

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viz·ard also vis·ard  (vzrd, -ärd)
n.
1. A visor or mask.
2. A disguise.

[Alteration of obsolete vizar, from Middle English viser; see visor.]

vizard [ˈvɪzəd]
n
Archaic or literary a means of disguise; mask; visor
[variant of visor]
vizarded  adj


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So saying he unbuckled his baldric with the bugle, took a feather from his cap, and gave them to Wamba; then drew a vizard from his pouch, and, repeating his charges to them to stand fast, went to execute his purposes of reconnoitring.
He carried a broad-brimmed hat in his hand, while he wore across the upper part of his face, extending down past the cheekbones, a black vizard mask, which he had apparently adjusted that very moment, for his hand was still raised to it as he entered.
 
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