Masculinity
(Mas`cu*lin"i*ty) n. The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.
Mase
(Mase) n. & v. See Maze. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maselyn
(Mas"e*lyn) n. A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maser
(Ma"ser) n. Same as Mazer.
Mash
(Mash) n. A mesh. [Obs.]
Mash
(Mash), n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian
to mix. See Mix.]
1. 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.
2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
Mash
(Mash), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mashing.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen,
to mash, mix, and prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d Mash.] 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.
Masher
(Mash"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.
2. A charmer of women. [Slang] London Punch.
Mashlin
(Mash"lin) n. See Maslin.
Mashy
(Mash"y) a. Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.
Mask
(Mask) 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.
2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
3. 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. 4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical
or allegorical characters.
