MASS
M'ASS, noun [Latin massa, a mass; Gr. to beat or pound.]1. A lump; a body of matter concreted, collected or formed into a lump; applied to any solid body; as a mass of iron or l...
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MASSACER
MAS'SACERMAS'SACRE, noun1. The murder of an individual, or the slaughter of numbers of human beings, with circumstances of cruelty; the indiscriminate killing of human beings, w...
MASSACRE
MAS'SACRE, n.1. The murder of an individual, or the slaughter of numbers of human beings, with circumstances of cruelty; the indiscriminate killing of human beings, without auth...
MASSACRER
MAS'SACRER, noun One who massacres. [A very bad word.]
MASSER
M'ASSER, noun A priest who celebrates mass.
MASSETER
MAS'SETER, noun [Gr. to chew.] A muscle which raises the under jaw.
MASSICOT
MAS'SICOTM'ASSINESSM'ASSIVEM'ASSIVENESS, noun [See Massy, Massive.] The state of being massy; great weight or weight with bulk; ponderousness.
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MASSY
M'ASSY, adjective Heavy; weighty; ponderous; bulky and heavy; as a massy shield; a massy rock.The yawning rocks in massy fragments fly.M'ASSIVE, adjective In mineralogy, in mass...
MAST
M'AST, noun A long, round piece of timber, elevated or designed to be raised perpendicularly or nearly so, on the keel of a ship or other vessel, to which the yards, sails and r...
MASTED
M'ASTED, adjective Furnished with a mast or masts.
MASTER
M'ASTER, noun [Latin magister, compounded of the root of magis, major, greater.]1. A man who rules, governs or directs either men or business. A man who owns slaves is their mas...
MASTER-HAND
M'ASTER-HAND, noun The hand of a man eminently skillful.
MASTER-JEST
M'ASTER-JEST, noun Principal jest.
MASTER-KEY
M'ASTER-KEY, noun The key that opens many locks, the subordinate keys of which open only one each.
MASTER-LODE
M'ASTER-LODE, noun In mining, the principal vein of ore.
MASTER-PIECE
M'ASTER-PIECE, noun A capital performance; any thing done or made with superior or extraordinary skill.This wondrous master-piece I fain would see.1. Chief excellence or talent....
MASTER-SINEW
M'ASTER-SINEW, noun A large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the wind-galls are usually seated.
MASTER-STRING
M'ASTER-STRING, noun Principal string.
MASTER-STROKE
M'ASTER-STROKE, noun Capital performance.
MASTER-TOOTH
M'ASTER-TOOTH, noun A principal tooth.
MASTER-TOUCH
M'ASTER-TOUCH, noun Principal performance.
MASTER-WORK
M'ASTER-WORK, noun Principal performance.
MASTER-WORT
M'ASTER-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Imperatoria.
MASTERDOM
M'ASTERDOM, noun Dominion, rule. [Not used.]
MASTERFUL
M'ASTERFUL, adjective Having the skill of a master; also, imperious; arbitrary.