Webster's Dictionary 1913

1486

Mastigopoda

‖Mas′ti‐gop″o‐da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. μάστιξ, -ιγοσ, a whip + πούσ, ποδόσ, foot.] (Zoöl.) The Infusoria.

1487

Mastigure

Mas″ti‐gure (?), n. [Gr. μάστιξ, -ιγοσ, a scourge + � tail.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North A...

1488

Masting

Mast″ing (?), n.(Naut.) 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 me...

1489

Mastitis

‖Mas‐ti″tis (?), n. [Gr. μαστόσ breast + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the breast.

1490

Mastless

Mast″less (?), a. [See 1st Mast.] Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. Dryden.

1491

Mastless (2)

Mast″less, a. [See 2d Mast.] Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel.

1492

Mastlin

Mast″lin (măst″lĭn), n. See Maslin.

1493

Mastodon

Mas″to‐don (?), n. [Gr. μαστόσ the breast + οδοὔσ, οδὄντοσ, a tooth. So called from the conical projections upon its molar teeth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of mammals closely ...

1494

Mastodonsaurus

‖Mas′to‐don‐sau″rus (?), n. [NL., fr. E. Mastodon + Gr. σαυ̑ροσ a lizard.] (Paleon.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.

1495

Mastodontic

Mas′to‐don″tic (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic dimensions. Everett.

1496

Mastodynia

‖Mas′to‐dyn″i‐a (?), Mas‐tod″y‐ny (�), n. [NL. mastodynia, fr. Gr. μαστόσ the breast + � pain.] (Med.) Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, — a form of neuralgia.

1497

Mastoid

Mas″toid (?), a. [Gr. �; μαστόσ the breast + εἰ̑δοσ form: cf. F. mastoïde.] (Anat.) (a) Resembling the nipple or the breast; — applied specifically to a process of the temporal ...

1498

Mastoidal

Mas‐toid″al (?), a. Same as Mastoid.

1499

Mastoiditis

Mas′toid‐i‐tis (?), n. [NL. See Mastoid, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

1500

Mastology

Mas‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. μαστόσ the breast + -logy: cf. F. mastologie.] The natural history of Mammalia.

1501

Mastress

Mas″tress (?), n. Mistress. Chaucer.

1502

Masturbation

Mas′tur‐ba″tion (?), n. [L. masturbatus, p. p. of masturbari to practice onanism: cf. F. masturbation.] Onanism; self-pollution.

1503

Masty

Mast″y (?), a. [See 1st Mast.] Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc.

1504

Masula boat

Ma‐su″la boat′ (?). Same as Masoola boat.

1505

Mat

Mat (?), n. [Cf. Matte.] A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also matt.]

1506

Mat (2)

Mat, a. [OF. See 4th Mate.] Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer.

1507

Mat (3)

Mat, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.] 1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at...

1508

Mat (4)

Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Matted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Matting.] 1. To cover or lay with mats. Evelyn.2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to en...

1509

Mat (5)

Mat, v. i. To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

1510

Matabele

{ Mat′a‐be″le (?), orMat′a‐be″les (?) }, n. pl., sing.Matabele. [Written also Matabili.] (Ethnol.) A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.

1511

Matachin

‖Ma′ta‐chin″ (?), n. An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.

1512

Mataco

Mat″a‐co (?), n.(Zoöl.) The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See Illust. under Loricata.