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] A
person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which
he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.

Mas"cu*late (?), v. t. [L.
masculus male, masculine.] To make strong. [Obs.]
Cockeram.

Mas"cu*line (măs"k&usl;*l&ibreve;n),
a. [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male,
manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See
Male masculine.] 1. Of the male sex; not
female.

Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy
sons.

Chaucer.

2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable
to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate;
strong; robust.

That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins
with a masculine energy.

Hallam.

3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or
used by, males. [R.] "A masculine church."
Fuller.

4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of,
or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as
distinguished from feminine and neuter.

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