Part 6870

<h1>Masterous</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Masterly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Masterpiece</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter*piece`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'\'d2uvre; a supreme achievement.</def>

<blockquote>The top and <b>masterpiece</b> of art. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Dissimulation was his <b>masterpiece</b>. <i>Claredon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mastership</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or office of a master.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority.</def>

<blockquote>Where noble youths for <b>mastership</b> should strive. <i>Driden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Chief work; masterpiece.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An ironical title of respect.</def>

<blockquote>How now, seignior Launce ! what news with your <b>mastership</b> ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mastersinger</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter*sing`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A translation of G. <ets>meisters\'84nger</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Masterwort</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (<spn>Peucedanum Ostruthium</spn>, formerly <spn>Imperatoria</spn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The <spn>Astrantia major</spn>, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Improperly, the cow parsnip (<spn>Heracleum lanatum</spn>).</def>

<h1>Mastery</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Masteries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OF. <ets>maistrie</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.</def>

<blockquote>If divided by mountains, they will fight for the <b>mastery</b> of the passages of the tops. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; pre\'89minence.</def>

<blockquote>The voice of them that shout for <b>mastery</b>. <i>Ex. xxxii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Every man that striveth for the <b>mastery</b> is temperate in all things. <i>1 Cor. ix. 25.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O, but to have gulled him Had been a <b>mastery</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Contest for superiority.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>