MASK
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Mask (m&adot_;sk), n. [F. masque, LL. masca, mascha, mascus; cf. Sp. & Pg. máscara, It. maschera; all fr. Ar. maskharat buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mirthful, fr. sakhira to ridicule, to laugh at. Cf. Masque, Masquerade.] 1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.
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2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
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3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. Bacon.
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This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask.
Milton.
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4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
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5. (Arch.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
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6. (Fort.) (a) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. (b) A screen for a battery.
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7. (Zo&ö;l.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
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8. A person wearing a mask; a masker.
The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen.
G. W. Cable.
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9. (Sporting) The head or face of a fox.
Mask house, a house for masquerades. [Obs.] --
Death mask,
a cast of the face of a dead person.[
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Mask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Masking.] 1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
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They must all be masked and vizarded.
Shak.
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2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
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Masking the business from the common eye.
Shak.
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3. (Mil.) (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
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Mask, v. i. 1. To take part as a masker in a masquerade. Cavendish.
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2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. Shak.
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