| Mast |
n. |
The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns. |
| Mast |
n. |
A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel. |
| Mast |
n. |
The vertical post of a derrick or crane. |
| Mast |
v. t. |
To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship. |
| Mast |
n. |
A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes. |
| Mastaba |
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Alt. of Mastabah |
| Mastabah |
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In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places. |
| Mastabah |
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A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath. |
| Mastax |
n. |
The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food. |
| Mastax |
n. |
The lore of a bird. |
| Masted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Mast |
| Masted |
a. |
Furnished with a mast or masts;
chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner. |
| Master |
n. |
A vessel having (so many) masts;
used only in compounds; as, a two-master. |
| Master |
n. |
A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions;
formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute,
especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being. |
| Master |
n. |
One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time. |
| Master |
n. |
One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. |
| Master |
n. |
A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys;
sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr. |
| Master |
n. |
A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. |
| Master |
n. |
The commander of a merchant vessel;
usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel. |
| Master |
n. |
A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. |
| Master |
v. t. |
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. |
| Master |
v. t. |
To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science. |
| Master |
v. t. |
To own; to posses. |
| Master |
v. i. |
To be skillful; to excel. |
| Master vibrator |
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In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are used without vibrators of their own. |
| Masterdom |
n. |
Dominion; rule; command. |
| Mastered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Master |
| Masterful |
a. |
Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary. |
| Masterful |
a. |
Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery. |
| Masterfully |
adv. |
In a masterful manner; imperiously. |
| Masterhood |
n. |
The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector. |
| Masteries |
pl. |
of Mastery |
| Mastering |
p. pr. vb. n. |
of Master |
| Masterless |
a. |
Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. |
| Masterliness |
n. |
The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully. |
| Masterly |
a. |
Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. |
| Masterly |
a. |
Imperious; domineering; arbitrary. |
| Masterly |
adv. |
With the skill of a master. |
| Masterous |
a. |
Masterly. |
| Masterpiece |
n. |
Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement. |
| Mastership |
n. |
The state or office of a master. |
| Mastership |
n. |
Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. |
| Mastership |
n. |
Chief work; masterpiece. |
| Mastership |
n. |
An ironical title of respect. |
| Mastersinger |
n. |
One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm. |
| Masterwort |
n. |
A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria). |
| Masterwort |
n. |
The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre. |
| Masterwort |
n. |
Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum). |
| Mastery |
n. |
The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. |
| Mastery |
n. |
Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence. |
| Mastery |
n. |
Contest for superiority. |
| Mastery |
n. |
A masterly operation; a feat. |
| Mastery |
n. |
Specifically, the philosopher's stone. |
| Mastery |
n. |
The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered. |
| Mastful |
a. |
Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut. |
| Masthead |
n. |
The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds. |
| Masthead |
v. t. |
To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment. |
| Masthouse |
n. |
A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc. |
| Mastic |
n. |
A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin;
called also, mastic tree. |
| Mastic |
n. |
A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. |
| Mastic |
n. |
A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. |
| Masticable |
a. |
Capable of being masticated. |
| Masticador |
n. |
A part of a bridle, the slavering bit. |
| Masticate |
v. t. |
To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food. |
| Masticated |
imp. & p. p. |
of Masticate |
| Masticater |
n. |
One who masticates. |
| Masticating |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Masticate |
| Mastication |
n. |
The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food. |
| Masticator |
n. |
One who masticates. |
| Masticator |
n. |
A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture. |
| Masticatory |
a. |
Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food. |
| Masticatory |
n. |
A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. |
| Mastich |
n. |
See Mastic. |
| Masticin |
n. |
A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic. |
| Masticot |
n. |
Massicot. |
| Mastiff |
n. |
A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. |
| Mastiffs |
pl. |
of Mastiff |
| Mastigopod |
n. |
One of the Mastigopoda. |
| Mastigopoda |
n. pl. |
The Infusoria. |
| Mastigure |
n. |
Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa. |
| Masting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Mast |
| Masting |
n. |
The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them. |
| Mastitis |
n. |
Inflammation of the breast. |
| Mastives |
pl. |
of Mastiff |
| Mastless |
a. |
Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. |
| Mastless |
a. |
Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel. |
| Mastlin |
n. |
See Maslin. |
| Mastodon |
n. |
An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time. |
| Mastodonsaurus |
n. |
A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks. |
| Mastodontic |
a. |
Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic dimensions. |
| Mastodynia |
n. |
Alt. of Mastodyny |
| Mastodyny |
n. |
Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast,
a form of neuralgia. |
| Mastoid |
a. |
Resembling the nipple or the breast;
applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear. |
| Mastoid |
a. |
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal. |
| Mastoidal |
a. |
Same as Mastoid. |
| Mastoiditis |
n. |
Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone. |
| Mastology |
n. |
The natural history of Mammalia. |
| Mastress |
n. |
Mistress. |
| Masturbation |
n. |
Onanism; self-pollution. |
| Masty |
a. |
Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc. |
