Part 6871

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A masterly operation; a feat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I will do a <b>maistrie</b> ere I go. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Specifically, the philosopher's stone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered.</def>

<blockquote>He could attain to a <b>mastery</b> in all languages. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The learning and <b>mastery</b> of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mastful</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See lst <er>Mast</er>.]</ety> <def>Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; <as>as, the <ex>mastful</ex> forest; a <ex>mastful</ex> chestnut.</as></def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Masthead</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.</def>

<h1>Masthead</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"head"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.</def>

<i>Marryat.</i>

<h1>Masthouse</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc.</def>

<h1>Mastic</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>mastiche</ets>, <ets>mastichum</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>mastich</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A low shrubby tree of the genus <spn>Pistacia</spn> (<spn>P. Lentiscus</spn>), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, <altname>mastic tree</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Barbary mastic</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the <spn>Pistachia Atlantica</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Peruvian mastic tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a small tree (<spn>Schinus Molle</spn>) with peppery red berries; -- called also <altname>pepper tree</altname>.</cd> -- <col>West Indian mastic</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a lofty tree (<spn>Bursera gummifera</spn>) full of gum resin in every part.</cd></cs>

<h1>Masticable</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being masticated.</def>

<h1>Masticador</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas`ti*ca"dor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>mastigador</ets>. See <er>Masticate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A part of a bridle, the slavering bit.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>mastigador</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Masticate</h1> <Xpage=900>