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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. |
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That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. |
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A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where
all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive
show. |
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A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the
actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. |
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A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other
prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called
also mascaron. |
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In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the
caponiere. |
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A screen for a battery. |
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The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to
form a prehensile organ. |
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To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. |
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To disguise; to cover; to hide. |
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To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. |
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To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or
a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being
carried out. |
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To take part as a masker in a masquerade. |
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To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. |
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