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<hw>Mas"ti*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Masticated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Masticating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>masticatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>masticare</ets> to chew, prob. fr. <ets>mastiche</ets> mastic. See <er>Mastic</er>.]</ety> <def>To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; <as>as, to <ex>masticate</ex> food</as>.</def>

<h1>Masticater</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*ca`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who masticates.</def>

<h1>Mastication</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas`ti*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>masticatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>mastication</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.</def>

<blockquote><b>Mastication</b> is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Masticator</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who masticates.</def>

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

<h1>Masticatory</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*ca*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>masticatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Chewing; adapted to perform the office o<?/ chewing food.</def>

<h1>Masticatory</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*ca*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-ries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Mastich</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"tich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mastic</er>.</def>

<h1>Masticin</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.</def>

<h1>Masticot</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*cot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Massicot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mastiff</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"tiff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Mastiffs</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. [<plw>Mastives</plw> is irregular and unusual.]</plu> <ety>[Prob. fr. Prov. E. <ets>masty</ets>, adj., large, n., a great dog, prob. fr. <ets>mast</ets> fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh. confusion with OF. <ets>mestif</ets> mongrel; cf. also F. <ets>m\'83tin</ets> mastiff, OF. <ets>mastin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries.</def>

<cs><col>Mastiff bat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>, any bat of the genus <spn>Molossus</spn>; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mastigopod</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"ti*go*pod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Mastigopoda.</def>

<h1>Mastigopoda</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas`ti*gop"o*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a whip + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Infusoria.</def>

<h1>Mastigure</h1> <Xpage=900>