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The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc.

islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.

Capable of being masticated.

A part of a bridle, the slavering bit. [Written also mastigador.]

ush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

One who masticates.

The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food. Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. Arbuthnot.

One who masticates.

Chewing; adapted to perform the office o

See Mastic.

phous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.

Massicot. [Obs.]

various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. Mastiff bat (Zoöl.) , any bat of the genus Molossus; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff.

One of the Mastigopoda.

The Infusoria.

Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.

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. Masting house (Naut.), a large building, with suitable mechanism overhanging the water, used for stepping and unstepping the masts of vessels.…

Inflammation of the breast.

Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. Dryden.