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To master thoroughly.

See Barmaster.

The condition of having two mammæ or teats.

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

See Burgomaster.

A burgomaster.

d, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.

The season of Christmas.

One who breeds gamecocks. L'Estrange.

e skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning. In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland.

A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.

Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.

To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.

The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.] Marshall.

Proving by experiments or tests. Docimastic art, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.

Docimastic.

One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics. Macaulay.

The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.

The mast nearest the bow. Foremast hand or man (Naut.), a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.

Same as Hemastatics.