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6. (Fort.) (a) In a
permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the
caponiere. (b) A screen for a
battery.

7. (Zoöl.) The lower lip of the
larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile
organ.

Mask house, a house for masquerades.
[Obs.]

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.

They must all be masked and
vizarded.

2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.

Masking the business from the common
eye.

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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