*izar*

n. [ F. alizarine, fr. alizari. ] (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially as an an orange-red crystalline compound from anthracene. It is used in making red pigments (such as the Turkish reds), and in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. bizarre odd, fr. Sp. bizarro gallant, brave, liberal, prob. of Basque origin; cf. Basque bizarra beard, whence the meaning manly, brave. ] Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From Cizars. ] To clip with scissors. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl.

n. pl. Scissors. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several species of lizards of the genus Crotaphytus and the family Iguanidae, of the central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, having long tails and usually bearing markings on the neck appearing like a collar of two black bands. RHUD [ PJC ]

n. a lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard. RHUD [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A janizary. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Janizaries [ F. janissaire, fr. Turk. yeñi-tsheri new soldiers or troops. ] A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. [ written also janissary. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. lézard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. Alligator, Lacerta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See Amphisbæna, Chameleon, Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana, and Dragon, 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. R. H. Dana, Ir. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lizard snake (Zool.), the garter snake (Eutænia sirtalis). --
Lizard stone (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any of several mostly tropical marine scopeloid fish of the family Synodontidae having large mouths in lizardlike heads, especially the inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens syn. Synodus poeyi) of Mideastern and Southern United States and West Indies; -- sometimes called sand pike. A freshwater perch, the sauger, a different fish, is also called the sand pike.
Syn. -- snakefish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (Saururus cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Hydroquinone + alizarin. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance produced artificially. It is isomeric with alizarin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very little for lodging. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They formerly waited on the table at meals; but this is done away with. They were probably so called from being thus employed in distributing the size, or provisions. See 4th Size, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The position or standing of a sizar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar. [ Cambridge Univ. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bid my subsizar carry my hackney to the buttery and give him his bever. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Visor. ] A mask; a visor. [ Archaic ] “A grotesque vizard.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To mislead and betray them under the vizard of law. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a vizard. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably from wise + -ard. ] 1. A wise man; a sage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See how from far upon the eastern road
The star-led wizards [ Magi ] haste with odors sweet! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wily wizard must be caught. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Enchanting; charming. Collins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Haunted by wizards. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character or practices o&unr_; wizards; sorcery; magic. “He acquired a reputation bordering on wizardry.” J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]