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"Section M, N, and O"


Mask, v. i. 1. To
take part as a masker in a masquerade.
Cavendish.


2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any
way.
Shak.


Masked (?), a. 1.
Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed;
hidden.


2. (Bot.) Same as
Personate.


3. (Zoöl.) 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
(Zoöl.), a European crab (Corystes
cassivelaunus
) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling
a human face.
-- Masked pig
(Zoöl.), a Japanese domestic hog (Sus
pliciceps
). Its face is deeply furrowed.


Mask"er (?), n.


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