Both Uses of
visage
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- He would sit beside him for hours, looking patiently into his face; and a word would brighten up his care-worn visage, and call into it a passing gleam, even of happiness.†
Chpt 12 *
- After an ineffectual clutch, intended to detain and carry them to his lips, old Arthur gave his own fingers a mumbling kiss, and with many amorous distortions of visage went in pursuit of his friend, who was by this time in the street.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
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(visage) someone's face or facial expression
or:
an easily seen aspect of something