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A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.

pping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything. Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. Shak.

The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.

A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.

ower of smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier.

-- Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." Pope.

-- with of, as, to be observant of rules. We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle. Sir K. Digby.

g form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.

d odd things. Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. Spectator.

would be offering at the shepherd's voice. L'Estrange. I will not offer at that I can not master. Bacon.

Self-pollution; masturbation.

more than one. Ye shall . . . go round about the city once. Josh. vi. 3. Trees that bear mast are fruitful but once in two years. Bacon.

Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.

One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master. Freeman.

owers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.

my own composition; my own idea; at my own price. "No man was his own [i. e., no man was master of himself, or in possession of his senses]." Shak. To hold one's own, to keep or maintain one's possessions; to yield nothing; esp., to suffer no loss or disadvantage in a contest. Shak.

The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.

The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See .

or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.