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<hw>Mas"tax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ mouth, jaws.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The lore of a bird.</def>

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<hw>Mast"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; <as>as, a three-<ex>masted</ex> schooner</as>.</def>

<h1>Master</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; <as>as, a two-<ex>master</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Master</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>maistre</ets>, <ets>maister</ets>, OF. <ets>maistre</ets>, <ets>mestre</ets>, F. <ets>ma\'8ctre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>magister</ets>, orig. a double comparative from the root of <ets>magnus</ets> great, akin to Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Maestro</er>, <er>Magister</er>, <er>Magistrate</er>, <er>Magnitude</er>, <er>Major</er>, <er>Mister</er>, <er>Mistress</er>, <er>Mickle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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. <sd>(a)</sd> The employer of a servant. <sd>(b)</sd> The owner of a slave. <sd>(c)</sd> The person to whom an apprentice is articled. <sd>(d)</sd> A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. <sd>(e)</sd> The head of a household. <sd>(f)</sd> The male head of a school or college. <sd>(g)</sd> A male teacher. <sd>(h)</sd> The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. <sd>(i)</sd> The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. <sd>(j)</sd> The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; <as>as, to be <ex>master</ex> of one's time</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote><b>Master</b> of a hundred thousand drachms. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We are <b>masters</b> of the sea. <i>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; <as>as, a <ex>master</ex> of oratorical art</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Great <b>masters</b> of ridicule. <i>Maccaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be <b>masters</b> of it. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced <tt><it>m\'ccster</it></tt>, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written <asp>Mister</asp>, but usually abbreviated to <abbr>Mr.</abbr></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.</def>

<blockquote>Where there are little <b>masters</b> and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called <i>captain</i>. 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.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Little masters</col>, <cd>certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints.</cd> -- <col>Master in chancery</col>, <cd>an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court.</cd> -- <col>Master of arts</col>, <cd>one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.</cd> -- <col>Master of the horse</col>, <cd>the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.</cd> -- <col>Master of the rolls</col>, <cd>in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge of the court. <i>Bouvier</i>. <i>Wharton</i>.</cd> -- <col>Past master</col>, <cd>one who has held the office of <i>master<i> in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.</cd> -- <col>The old masters</col>, <cd>distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries.</cd> -- <col>To be master of one's self</col>, <cd>to have entire self-control; not to be governed by passion.</cd> -- <col>To be one's own master</col>, <cd>to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Master</i>, signifying <i>chief</i>, <i>principal</i>, <i>masterly</i>, <i>superior</i>, <i>thoroughly skilled</i>, etc., is often used adjiectively or in compounds; as, <i>master</i> builder or <i>master</i>-builder, <i>master</i> chord or <i>master</i>-chord, <i>master</i> mason or <i>master</i>-mason, <i>master</i> workman or <i>master</i>-workman, <i>master</i> mechanic, <i>master</i> mind, <i>master</i> spirit, <i>master</i> passion, etc.</note>

<blockquote>Throughout the city by the <b>master</b> gate. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Master joint</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.</cd> -- <col>Master key</col>, <cd>a key adapted to open several locks differing somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving difficulties.</cd> -- <col>Master lode</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the principal vein of ore.</cd> -- <col>Master mariner</col>, <cd>an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.</cd> -- <col>Master sinew</col> <fld>(Far.)</fld>, <cd>a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated.</cd> -- <col>Master singer</col>. <cd>See <er>Mastersinger</er>.</cd> -- <col>Master stroke</col>, <cd>a capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; <as>as, a <ex>master stroke<ex> of policy</as>.</cd> -- <col>Master tap</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a tap for forming the thread in a screw cutting die.</cd> -- <col>Master touch</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The touch or skill of a master</cd>. <i>Pope</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Some part of a performance which exhibits very skillful work or treatment.</cd> "Some <i>master touches<i> of this admirable piece." <i>Tatler</i>. -- <col>Master work</col>, <cd>the most important work accomplished by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece.</cd> -- <col>Master workman</col>, <cd>a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or employer.</cd></cs>

<h1>Master</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mastered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. vb. n.</tt> <er>Mastering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.</def>

<blockquote>Obstinacy and willful neglects must be <b>mastered</b>, even though it cost blows. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; <as>as, to <ex>master</ex> a science</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To own; to posses.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>