visage

visage
    n 1: the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are
         informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn:
         {countenance}, {physiognomy}, {phiz}, {visage}, {kisser},
         {smiler}, {mug}]
    2: the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant
       countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: {countenance}, {visage}]
    

Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), n. [F. visage, from L. visus a seeing,
   a look, fr. videre, visum, to see. See {Vision}.]
   The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; --
   chiefly applied to the human face. --Chaucer. "A visage of
   demand." --Shak.
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         His visage was so marred more than any man. --Isa. lii.
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         Love and beauty still that visage grace. --Waller.
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Visage \Vis"age\ (?; 48), v. t.
   To face. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "visage":
      air, bearing, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, color,
      complexion, countenance, demeanor, dial, expression, face,
      facial appearance, facies, favor, feature, features, garb, guise,
      kisser, lineaments, lines, looks, map, mien, mug, mush, pan, phiz,
      physiognomy, port, posture, presence, puss, stance, traits, turn