Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 21
Mascotte (n.) 吉祥物 [C] A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs.
Mascotte (n.) Hence: Anything that brings good luck; especially, an animal kept by a group, as a sports team, to serve as a symbol and to bring luck.
Mascotte, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 2687
Housing Units (2000): 858
Land area (2000): 2.429096 sq. miles (6.291329 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.388523 sq. miles (1.006271 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.817619 sq. miles (7.297600 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43425
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.576469 N, 81.888393 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mascotte, FL
Mascotte
Masculate (v. t.) To make strong.
Masculine (a.) 男性的，陽性的，有丈夫氣的 Of the male sex; not female.
Masculine (a.) Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
Masculine (a.) Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
Masculine (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
Masculine (a.) Of grammatical gender [ant: {feminine}, {neuter}].
Masculine (a.) Associated with men and not with women [ant: {feminine}].
Masculine (a.) (music or poetry) Ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'".
Masculine (n.) 陽性，男性 A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male.
Masculinity (n.) 男子氣，剛毅，大丈夫氣概 The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.
Masculinity (n.) The properties characteristic of the male sex [syn: {maleness}, {masculinity}] [ant: {femaleness}, {feminineness}].
Masculinity (n.) The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men [ant: {femininity}, {muliebrity}].
Mase (n. & v.) See Maze.
Maselyn (n.) A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2.
Maser (n.) Same as Mazer.
MASH (n.) (Mil.) An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH.
Mash (n.) A mesh. [Obs.]
Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
Mash (n.) A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
Mash (n.) A mess; trouble. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Mash tun, A large tub used in making mash and wort.
Mashed (imp. & p. p.) of Mash
Mashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mash
Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.
Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also mash tun, and mash vat.
Mash (n.) A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing.
Mash (n.) Mixture of ground animal feeds.
Mash (v.) To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze].
Mash (v.) Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash].
Mash (v.) Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute].
Mash, () (= Meshech 1 Chr. 1:17), one of the four sons of Aram, and the name of a tribe descended from him (Gen. 10:23) inhabiting some part probably of Mesopotamia. Some have supposed that they were the inhabitants of Mount Masius, the present Karja Baghlar, which forms part of the chain of Taurus.
Mash, same as Meshech
Masher (n.) One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.
Masher (n.) A charmer of women. [Slang] --London Punch. Mashie
Masher (n.) A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women [syn: wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher].
Masher (n.) A kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes).
Mashlin (n.) See Maslin.
Mashie, Mashy (n.; pl. Mashies.) A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.
Mashy (a.) Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.
Mask (n.) 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.
Mask (n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
Mask (n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. -- Bacon.
This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. -- Milton.
Mask (n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
Mask (n.) (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.
Mask (n.) (Fort.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
Mask (n.) (Fort.) A screen for a battery.
Mask (n.) (Zool.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
Mask (n.) A person wearing a mask; a masker.
The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen. -- G. W. Cable.
Mask (n.) (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.
Masked (imp. & p. p.) of Mask
Masking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mask
Mask (v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
They must all be masked and vizarded. -- Shak.
Mask (v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
Masking the business from the common eye. -- Shak.
Mask (v. t.) (Mil.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
Mask (v. t.) (Mil.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
Mask (v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade. -- Cavendish.
Mask (v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. -- Shak.
Mask (n.) A covering to disguise or conceal the face.
Mask (n.) Activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship".
Mask (n.) A party of guests wearing costumes and masks [syn: masquerade, masquerade party, masque, mask].
Mask (n.) A protective covering worn over the face.
Mask (v.) Hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment" [syn: dissemble, cloak, mask].
Mask (v.) Put a mask on or cover with a mask; "Mask the children for Halloween" [ant: unmask].
Mask (v.) Make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank" [syn: disguise, mask].
Mask (v.) Cover with a sauce; "mask the meat".
Mask (v.) Shield from light [syn: mask, block out].
Masked (a.) Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.
Masked (a.) (Bot.) Same as Personate.
Masked (a.) (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
Masked ball, A ball in which the dancers wear masks.
Masked battery (Mil.), A battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. -- H. L. Scott.
Masked crab (Zool.), A European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face.
Masked pig (Zool.), A Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed.
Masked (a.) Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat" [syn: cloaked, disguised, masked].
Masked (a.) Having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a raccoon".
Masker (n.) One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.
Masker (v. t.) To confuse; to stupefy. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Masker (n.) A participant in a masquerade [syn: masquerader, masker, masquer].
Maskery (n.) The dress or disguise of a masker; masquerade. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Maskinonge (n.) The muskellunge.
Muskellunge (n.) (Zool.) A large American pike ({Esox masquinongy formerly Esox
nobilior) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskalonge, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.].
Mask shell () (Zool.) Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.
Maslach (n.) (Med.) An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks. -- Dunglison.
Maslin (n.) A mixture composed of different materials especially:
Maslin (n.) A mixture of metals resembling brass.
Maslin (n.) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye. [Written also meslin, mislin, maselyn, mastlin.]
Maslin (n.) A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a). [Obs.]
Mead eke in a maselyn. -- Chaucer.
Maslin (a.) Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.]
Miscellane (n.) A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. -- Bacon.
Mason (n.) 石匠；泥水匠 One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.
Mason (n.) A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
Mason bee (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand.
Mason moth (Zool.), Any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil.
Mason shell (Zool.), A marine univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it cements other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell.
Mason wasp (Zool.), Any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larvae.
Mason (v. t.) 用石砌；用石加固 To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.
Mason (n.) American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792) [syn: Mason, George Mason].
Mason (n.) English film actor (1909-1984) [syn: Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason].
Mason (n.) English writer (1865-1948) [syn: Mason, A. E. W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason].
Mason (n.) A craftsman who works with stone or brick [syn: mason, stonemason].
Mason (n.) A member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love [syn: Freemason, Mason].
Masonic (prop. a.) 共濟會的；共濟會成員的；共濟會精神的 Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.
Masonic (a.) Of or relating to stonemasons or masonry; "masonic tools".
Masonic (a.) Of or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry; "Masonic lodge".
Masonry (n.) [U] 石造工程；石造建築；石工技藝；石工行業 The art or occupation of a mason.
Masonry (n.) The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.
Masonry (n.) That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.
Masonry (n.) The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.
Masonry (n.) Structure built of stone or brick by a mason.
Masonry (n.) Freemasons collectively [syn: Freemasonry, Masonry].
Masonry (n.) The craft of a mason.
Masoola boat () A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced. [Written also masula, masulah, etc.]
Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah, Massora, and Massorah.]
Masora (n.) A vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts [syn: Masorah, Masora].
Masoret (n.) A Masorite.
Masoretic (a.) Alt. of Masoretical
Masoretical (a.) Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors.
Masorite (n.) One of the writers of the Masora.
Masque (n.) A mask; a masquerade.
Masquerade (n.) 化裝舞會，偽裝 An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
Masquerade (n.) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
Masquerade (n.) Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
Masquerade (n.) A Spanish diversion on horseback.
Masqueraded (imp. & p. p.) of Masquerade
Masquerading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Masquerade
Masquerade (v. i.) 參加化裝舞會，偽裝，假裝 To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
Masquerade (v. i.) To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
Masquerade (v. t.) To conceal with masks; to disguise.
Masquerade (n.) A party of guests wearing costumes and masks [syn: {masquerade}, {masquerade party}, {masque}, {mask}].
Masquerade (n.) A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party [syn: {fancy dress}, {masquerade}, {masquerade costume}].
Masquerade (n.) Making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth".
Masquerade (v.) Take part in a masquerade.
Masquerade (v.) Pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty".
Masquerader (n.) One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.
Mass (n.) (R. C. Ch.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.
Mass (n.) (Mus.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.
Canon of the Mass. See Canon.
High Mass, Mass with incense, music, the assistance of a deacon, subdeacon, etc.
Low Mass, Mass which is said by the priest throughout, without music.
Mass bell, The sanctus bell. See Sanctus.
Mass book, The missal or Roman Catholic service book.
Massed (imp. & p. p.) of Mass
Massing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mass
Mass (v. i.) To celebrate Mass. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Mass (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.
If it were not for these principles, the bodies of the earth, planets, comets, sun, and all things in them, would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive masses. -- Sir I. Newton.
A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred To rage. -- Savile.
Mass (n.) (Phar.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
Mass (n.) A large quantity; a sum.
All the mass of gold that comes into Spain. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
He had spent a huge mass of treasure. -- Sir J. Davies.
Mass (n.) Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
This army of such mass and charge. -- Shak.
Mass (n.) The principal part; the main body.
Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape. -- Jowett (Thucyd.).
Mass (n.) (Physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.
Note:
Mass and weight are often used, in a general way, as interchangeable terms,
since the weight of a body is proportional to its mass (under the same or equal
gravitative forces), and the mass is usually ascertained from the weight. Yet
the two ideas, mass and weight, are quite distinct. Mass is the quantity of matter
in a body; weight is the comparative force with which it tends towards the
center of the earth. A mass of sugar and a mass of lead are assumed to be equal
when they show an equal weight by balancing each other in the scales.
Blue mass. See under Blue.
Mass center (Geom.), The center of gravity of a triangle.
Mass copper, Native copper in a large mass.
Mass meeting, A large or general assembly of people, usually a meeting having some relation to politics.
The masses, The great body of the people, as contrasted with the higher classes; the populace.
Mass (v. t.) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
But mass them together and they are terrible indeed. -- Coleridge.
Mass (a.) Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions
combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass].
Mass (n.) The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field.
Mass (n.) (Often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad].
Mass (n.) An ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people).
Mass (n.) (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist.
Mass (n.) A body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass".
Mass (n.) The common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed].
Mass (n.) The property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk, mass, volume].
Mass (n.) A musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven".
Mass (n.) A sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass".
Mass (v.) Join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace".
Massacre (v. t.) 屠殺，殘殺；【口】使慘敗，徹底擊敗 To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.
If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. -- Macaulay.
Massacre (n.) [C] 大屠殺，殘殺；【口】（比賽等的）慘敗 The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day ; the St. Valentine's Day massacre; the Amritsar massacre; the Wounded Knee massacre.
Massacre (n.) Murder. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Syn: {Massacre}, {Butchery}, {Carnage}.
Usage: Massacre denotes the promiscuous slaughter of many who can not make resistance, or much resistance. Butchery refers to cold-blooded cruelty in the killing of men as if they were brute beasts. Carnage points to slaughter as producing the heaped-up bodies of the slain.
I'll find a day to massacre them all, And raze their faction and their family. -- Shak.
If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Brhold this pattern of thy butcheries. -- Shak.
Such a scent I draw Of carnage, prey innumerable! -- Milton.
Massacred (imp. & p. p.) of Massacre
Massacring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Massacre
Massacre (n.) The savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: {slaughter}, {massacre}, {mass murder}, {carnage}, {butchery}].
Massacre (v.) Kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: {massacre}, {slaughter}, {mow down}].
Massacrer (n.) 屠殺者 One who massacres. [R.]
Massage (n.) [F.] 按摩（術）；推拿（法）[U][C] A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.
Massage (v. t.) (Med.) 給……按摩（或推拿） To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage a patient with ointment.
Compare: Knead
Knead (v.) [With object] 揉（麵糰、黏土等），捏；揉成，捏製；揉捏般形成 Work (moistened flour or clay) into dough or paste with the hands.
Knead (v.) [With object] Make (bread or pottery) by kneading flour or clay.
‘Whatever political correctness may say on the subject, kneading bread is undoubtedly women's work.’
‘Mother didn't appear the least upset, and continued to knead the bread.’
Knead (v.) [With object] Massage or squeeze with the hands.
‘She kneaded his back.’
Massage (n.) Kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation.
Massage (v.) Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage, rub down, knead].
Massage (v.) Give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back".
Massasauga (n.) (Zool.) The black rattlesnake ({Crotalus, tergemina, Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley. Masse shot
Massasauga (n.) Small pygmy rattlesnake [syn: ground rattler, massasauga, Sistrurus miliaris].
Massasauga (n.) Pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians [syn: massasauga, massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus].
Mass'e or Mass'e shot
Mass'e (n.) Alt. of Mass'e shot
Masse shot (n.) (Billiards) A stroke made with the cue held vertically.
Mass'e or Mass'e shot (n.) (Billiards) A stroke made with the cue held vertically.
Masse shot (n.) A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball [syn: masse, masse shot].
Masse (n.) A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball [syn: masse, masse shot].
Masser (n.) A priest who celebrates Mass. [R.] -- Bale.
Masseter (n.) (Anat.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.
Masseter (n.) A large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing.