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One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.

The dress or disguise of a maske [Obs.] Marston.

The muskellunge.

To task too heavily.

See Pasch.

A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end.

One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia. [Written also rascolnik.]

A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.

A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.

The office or authority of a seraskier.

See Seraskier.

See Seraskierate.

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. Ma task of servile toil. Milton. Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close. Longfellow.

A wage paid by the day, or some fixed period, on condition that a minimum task be performed. When the workman is paid in proportion for excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work.

One who imposes a task.

One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.

Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.

To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.

A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.

The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk.