Masticable
(Mas"ti*ca*ble) a. Capable of being masticated.
Masticador
(Mas`ti*ca"dor) n. [Cf. Sp. mastigador. See Masticate.] (Man.) A part of a bridle, the
slavering bit. [Written also mastigador.]
Masticate
(Mas"ti*cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masticated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Masticating ] [L. masticatus,
p. p. of masticare to chew, prob. fr. mastiche mastic. See Mastic.] To grind or crush with, or as
with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
Masticater
(Mas"ti*ca`ter) n. One who masticates.
Mastication
(Mas`ti*ca"tion) n. [L. masticatio: cf. F. mastication.] The act or operation of masticating; chewing,
as of food.
Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion.
Arbuthnot. Masticator
(Mas"ti*ca`tor) n.
1. One who masticates.
2. A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather,
India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture.
Masticatory
(Mas"ti*ca*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. masticatoire.] Chewing; adapted to perform the office of chewing
food.
Masticatory
(Mas"ti*ca*to*ry), n.; pl. -ries (Med.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
Bacon.
Mastich
(Mas"tich) n. See Mastic.
Masticin
(Mas"ti*cin) n. (Chem.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc,
and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.
Masticot
(Mas"ti*cot) n. (Chem.) Massicot. [Obs.]
Mastiff
(Mas"tiff) n.; pl. Mastiffs [Mastives is irregular and unusual.] [Prob. fr. Prov. E. masty, adj.,
large, n., a great dog, prob. fr. mast fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh. confusion
with OF. mestif mongrel; cf. also F. mâtin mastiff, OF. mastin.] (Zoöl.) A breed of large dogs noted for
strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different
countries.
Mastiff bat (Zoöl.) , any bat of the genus Molossus; so called because the face somewhat resembles
that of a mastiff.
Mastigopod
(Mas"ti*go*pod) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Mastigopoda.
Mastigopoda
(||Mas`ti*gop"o*da) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, -igos, a whip + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zoöl.)
The Infusoria.
