Part 6861

<i>London Punch.</i>

<h1>Mashlin</h1> <Xpage=899>

<hw>Mash"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Maslin</er>.</def>

<h1>Mashy</h1> <Xpage=899>

<hw>Mash"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.</def>

<h1>Mask</h1> <Xpage=899>

<hw>Mask</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>masque</ets>, LL. <ets>masca</ets>, <ets>mascha</ets>, <ets>mascus</ets>; cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>m\'a0scara</ets>, It. <ets>maschera</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>maskharat</ets> buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mirthful, fr. <ets>sakhira</ets> to ridicule, to laugh at. Cf. <er>Masque</er>, <er>Masquerade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; <as>as, a dancer's <ex>mask</ex>; a fencer's <ex>mask</ex>; a ball player's <ex>mask</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>This thought might lead me through the world's vain <b>mask</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also <altname>mascaron</altname>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A screen for a battery.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.</def>

<cs><col>Mask house</col>, <cd>a house for masquerades. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Mask</h1> <Xpage=899>

<hw>Mask</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Masked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Masking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.</def>

<blockquote>They must all be <b>masked</b> and vizarded. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To disguise; to cover; to hide.</def>

<blockquote><b>Masking</b> the business from the common eye. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To cover or keep in check; <as>as, to <ex>mask</ex> a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out</as>.</def>

<h1>Mask</h1> <Xpage=899>

<hw>Mask</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take part as a masker in a masquerade.</def>

<i>Cavendish.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Masked</h1> <Xpage=899>