Defn: The mink.
VISOR
Vis"or, n. Etym: [OE. visere, F. visière, fr. OF. vis. See Visage,
Vision.] [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.
VISORED
Vis"ored, a.
Defn: Wearing a visor; masked.
Visored falsehood and base forgery. Milton.
VISTA Vis"ta, n.; pl. Vistas. Etym: [It., sight, view, fr. vedere, p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See View, Vision.]
Defn: A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue. The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. Thomson. In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Burke. The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window. Sir W. Scott.
VISTO
Vis"to, n.