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<hw>Mas"ti*gure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/., <?/, a scourge + <?/ tail.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus <spn>Uromastix</spn>. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.</def>

<h1>Masting</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them.</def>

<cs><col>Masting house</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a large building, with suitable mechanism overhanging the water, used for stepping and unstepping the masts of vessels.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mastitis</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas*ti"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ breast + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the breast.</def>

<h1>Mastless</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See lst <er>Mast</er>.]</ety> <def>Bearing no mast; <as>as, a <ex>mastless</ex> oak or beech</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Mastless</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Mast</er>.]</ety> <def>Having no mast; <as>as, a <ex>mastless</ex> vessel</as>.</def>

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<h1>Mastlin</h1> <Xpage=901>

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

<h1>Mastodon</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Mas"to*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the breast + <?/, <?/, a tooth. So called from the conical projections upon its molar teeth.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.</def>

<h1>Mastodonsaurus</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Mas`to*don*sau"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. E. <ets>Mastodon</ets> + Gr. <?/ a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.</def>

<h1>Mastodontic</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Mas`to*don"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; <as>as, <ex>mastodontic</ex> dimensions</as>.</def>

<i>Everett.</i>

<mhw><h1>Mastodynia, Mastodyny</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Mas`to*dyn"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mas*tod"y*ny</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>mastodynia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ the breast + <?/ pain.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia.</def>

<h1>Mastoid</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Mas"toid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ the breast + <?/ form: cf. F. <ets>masto\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.</def>

<h1>Mastoidal</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Mas*toid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Mastoid</er>.</def>

<h1>Mastology</h1> <Xpage=901>