maskalonge 
nose,' < 1,-iiinsr, long.] A kind of pike 1 , 
mil a lnii\ a lisli nl' I lie family K.ini-iilir, the largest 
anil lines! of all pikes inhabiting tin- (in-.ii 
hake, region of North America and the Ohio 
valley. It in ilistinKuished by the scaleless checks and 
lower purtH of tilt; ojierciileK and ttie durk-iirayish color 
marked with sniiill round black spots. It attains a length 
of from 4 to feet. 
mask-ball (miak'bAl), >i. A ball at which ihc 
Bursts arc masked; a masked ball. 
mask-crab (mAck'knb),*, A crab of the fam- 
ily ( 'in-t/.-i/iilir, as ( 'nryxliv ciinxii-i-liniiix. See cuts 
tiniler I nri/.\/i(l<r ami I)/>ri/>/u . 
masked (maskt), />. . 1. Having the face 
coveivil with ii mask; disguised or concealed. 
2t. Bewildered; amazed. 
Leaving him more masked than he was before. 
Fuller, Holy War, ill 12. 
3. In :aiil. : (a) Larvate or larval: thus,acater- 
pillar is the masked state of a butterfly. (6) In 
entom., applied to pupaj which have the wings, 
legs, etc., of the future imago indicated by 
lines on the surface, as in Lejtidoptera, (c) 
Marked on the head or face as if literally wear- 
inganiask; capistrate; personate. 4. \i\l>ot., 
same as personate Masked ball, a ball at which 
the participants appear in masks, which are usually laid 
aside Iwfore its conclusion. - Masked battery. See bat- 
tery.- Masked crab, a mask-crab. Masked diver, the 
common puffin, Fratercula arctica, the bright red, blue, 
and yellow horny covering of whose beak comes off period- 
ically, and Is thus literally a mask which is removed. 
-Masked glutton. See ylutton. Masked gull, the 
Knropean brown headed gull, C/iroicocephalus riaibundus, 
which in summer has the head enveloped in a dark- 
brown hood. Many other gulls are similarly masked, as 
all those of the genus Chroicocephalus. See cut under 
ChroicocephaluK. Masked monkey, or masked sa- 
gouin, Caltittirix personatus, a Brazilian species with a 
black head. See cut under sayouin. Masked pig, a 
kind of pig domesticated in Japan, with large pendulous 
ears and heavily furrowed face, by some calico Sun plici- 
ceps and regarded as a genuine species, to which the ge- 
neric name Cental-torn* (as C. iiliciceps) has also been given. 
maskeeg, . [< Ojibway maskeeg, a swamp.] 
A bog. [Upper Great Lakes and Canada.] 
maskelt (mas'kel), n. 1. An obsolete form of 
wioscte 2 . 2. A kind of lace made in the fif- 
teenth century. 
maskelynite (mas'ke-lin-it), w. [Named after 
N. Story Maskelyne, formerly keeper of the 
mineralogical department of the British Mu- 
seum.] In mineral., an isotropic mineral 
found in the Shergotty meteorite. It has the 
composition of labradorite, and the suggestion 
has been made that it may be a fused feldspar. 
masker (mas'ker), n. [Also masquer; < 8p. mas- 
rnrii, a mask: see mask&, n. In def. 2 now re- 
garded as < mask 3 , r., + -er 1 .] If. A mask. 
Cause them to be deprehended and taken and their 
maskers taken off. Sir T. More, Works, p. 768. 
2. A person in masquerade; one who takes 
part in an entertainment where the guests are 
masked or disguised. 
One time the king came sodainly thither in a maske 
with a dozen masker* all in garments like sheepeheards. 
Stow, Hen. VIII, an. 1516. 
Lewis of France is sending over masquers, 
To revel It with him and his new bride. 
Shalt., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 8. 224. 
maskert (mas'ker), v. t. [< masker, n.] To 
mask, conceal, or disguise. 
They of the bouse being sodainely taken, and their wits 
mastered, had not defended the master thereof. 
Holland, tr. of Ammianus Marcellinus (1606). (Sans.) 
maskeryt (mas'ker-i), . [Formerly also mask- 
nfiir, inii.il/in-i-ir: < F. masquerie, < masque, a 
mask: see masque, .] 1. A masking or dis- 
guising ; a masquerade. 
Such as have most wickedly called the Mass a Maskarye, 
and the priests vestments masking clothes. 
Christupherson, 1604 (Maitland on Reformation, p. SOS). 
((Danes.) 
2. The dress or disguise of a masker. 3. 
Pretense ; the assumption of a better or nobler 
character than the real one. 
All these presentments 
Were only maskeries, and wore false faces. 
Chapman, Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, i. 1. 
War's feigned mattery. 
Marston, Scourge of Villany, iii. 8. 
maskette (mas-kef), H. [< maul* + -ette."\ A 
mask, or representation of a face, worn as n 
part of the head-dress or on the shoulders, or 
even in miniature form on the lingers. 
Maskette being applied to objects resembling masks, but 
worn above or below the face. 
A. W. BwMand, Jour. Anthrop. Inst,, XV. 603. 
mask-flower (mask'flou'er), ii. [Tr. of Peruv. 
I-II-IH-I>, or ricarro, name of the species Alonsoa 
"vs.] A scrophulariaceous plant of the 
genus AloiixiMi. A. li,ir,,ri is a dwarf bushy plant, 
with obliquely wheel-shaped flowers, scarlet, with a black 
pot at the base, the form suggesting the name. A. in- 
36*7 
cinfitin Is liiigiT, with deeply Ux>lbl scarlet and black 
(lowers. A. it''/ ' '< ".with scarlet flowers, is another 
full! i There are half a dozen specie*, native 
in the tropical Andes, frequently cultivated. 
mask-houset (musk'lious), . A place where 
masks were played ; a play-house. 
If it were but some mask-house, wherein a glorious show 
were to be presented. Up. Hall, Contemplations, Iv. 
maskint (mas' kin), H. [Also mrskin; < mass 1 
+ -l;in.] The mass, orserviceof the eucharist. 
By the meskin, methought they were so Indeed. 
Chapman, May-Day. 
masking (mas'king), . [Verbal n. of nuulfl, 
c. ] The act or diversion of covering the face 
with a mask, or of wearing a masquerade dress ; 
masquerading. 
The carnival of Venice is everywhere talked of. The 
great diversion of the place at that time, as well as on all 
other high occasions, is maskiny. 
AdduoH, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bonn), I. 392. 
masklng-piece (mas'king-pes), w. In the the- 
ater, a piece of scenery used to hide a platform 
or steps on the stage. 
maskinonge, maskinongy (mas'ki-nonj, -nou- 
ji), H. Same as mnxkalonge. 
maskin'-pot (mas'kin-pot), . A pot for mask- 
ing or infusing tea. Also mankin'-pat. [Scotch.] 
Then up they gat the maskin'-pat, 
And in the sea did jaw, man. 
Burns, The American War. 
masklet, . See muscle 1 *. 
masklelesst, a. See mascleless. 
maskoid (mas'koid), w. [< mask* + -oid.] A 
solid stone or wooden carving of a face, such 
as are found over the mummies or on the tombs 
or temples of the ancient Mexicans and Peru- 
vians. W. H. Dull. 
maslin't (mas'lin), n. and a. [Also mantlin; 
< ME. maslin, maslyn, maseline, mastelyn, mant- 
ling, mastlyng, mestling, and in def. 2 maselin, 
maselyn ; < AS. ma-stlini/, miestlinc, nucsling, 
mwslen, a kind of brass or mixed metal (gloss- 
ing L. its, aurichalcum, and elcctrum), a vessel 
made of this metal (= D. messing = MHO. 
memrinc, missinc, moschinc, G. messing = Icel. 
mersing, messing = Sw. Dan. messing', a mixed 
metal, brass) ; with suffix -liny 1 (in D., etc., 
-ing 3 ), < L. massa CMHG. masse, messe), a mass, 
a lump: MOMMA] I. H. 1. A mixed metal ; 
brass. 
iiij. c. cuppys of golde fyne, 
And as many of ttiaskyn [read maslyn]. 
MS. Cantab. VI. Ii. 38, f. 122. (llallimU.) 
The wyndoweswem y-mad of iaspre <t of othre stones fyne; 
Y-poudred wy th perree of polastre, the leues were mainly lu. 
Sir Ferumbras, L 1327. 
2. A vessel for containing food or drink, made 
of the metal muslin or brass. 
They fette him first the sweete wyn, 
And mede eek In a matelya. 
Chaucer, Sir Thopas, 1. 141. 
II. a. Made of masliu ; brazen. 
Take a quarte of good wyne, and do it in a clean moult 
lyn panne. MS. Med. Ret. XV. Cent, (llalliwell.) 
In the opinion of practical men, the metal of which old 
itmslin pans are made is of peculiar and superior quality, 
and unlike old English brass. .V.am{Q.,6thser.,XJI.472. 
maslin- (mas'lin), u. [Also mantlin, insulin; 
early mod. E. masslin, masseliii, messelin, mast- 
lyn, mastling, masslinij, meatling, messling, 
mtissledine, etc., < ME. mastliiic, mastlyn, masl- 
tyone, mesttyone, mastilgim, mijctclyn, etc., < OF. 
mestcilltni, mestellon, mestelon, mcytillon, ntestiliin, 
mixtilloun, etc., < ML. mijrtilio(n-) t mistilio(n-), 
also, after OF., mestillio(n-), mcstilo(n-) (cf. 
equiv. OF. mestcil, meteil, metail), mixed grain, 
< L. mixtus, mistus, pp. of miscere, mix: see 
>!. For the sequence mast-, mas-, < L. mift-, 
mi*/-, cf. mastiff. For the sense, cf. moiii/- 
corn.~] Mixed grain, especially a mixture of 
rye and wheat. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
I say nor cow, nor wheate, nor mostly n, 
For cow is sorry for her east lyn. 
Men Miracles (1660), p. . (Halliti-eU.) 
masnad, . Same as muxnitil. 
mason (ma'sn), H. [< ME. mason, masonn, < 
OF. "mason, macon, maclion, masson, F. mayon 
= Pi. masso, < ML. macio(n-), also machio(n-), 
maclio(n-), maco(n-), mactio(n-), mattio(n-), ma- 
tio(n-), a mason ; prob. of Teut. origin, < OHG. 
me::o, niei:<>, MHG. ineizc, G. mete, in comp. as 
steiinnete, astone-mason.andas asurname Mi ': . 
prob. akin to OHG. meizan, MHG. meisen = Icel. 
mi itii =Goth. maitan, hew, cut : see underoiif 1 .] 
1 . A builder in stone or brick ; oiie whose occu- 
pation or trade is the laying of stone or brick 
in construction, with or without mortar or ce- 
ment. 2. A builder in general. [Rare.] 
The singing masons building roofs of gold. 
Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 198. 
masoola-boat 
3. A worker in stone: a stone-cutteror-hewer. 
There thai tild vp a tourc, trledly wroght, 
Meruclollsh ni:ulr uitti BMMMdMTMh 
With Jemtiii-K, A in\M-lls, ,v uiher i'ily stonys. 
Dettmctitiii / Tmn 1 1'.. Ii. T. .X 1. 10584. 
There were two hundred masons working on free stone 
every day. Coryat, Crudities, I. 84. 
4. A member of the fraternity of freemasons. 
See frii-ma.itin. Mason's level. Same as plummet- 
level. Master mason, a freemason who has reached the 
third degree. 
mason (ma'sn), r. t. [< mason, n.] To con- 
struct of masonry; build of stone or brick; 
build. 
Al buyldynges are masoned and wrought of diverse 
stones. Renters, tr. of Frolssart's Chron., 1. L 
Mason and Dixon's line. See /< 2. 
mason-bee (ma'sn-be), w. An aculeate hyme- 
nopterous insect of one of the genera An- 
tliophora, Oxmia, t'halicodoma, and some others, 
which construct their nests with grains of sand 
agglutinated together by means of a viscid 
saliva, and fix them on the side of walls, etc., 
or avail themselves of some cavity for that 
purpose. See cut under Antliopliora. 
masondewet, . See measondue. 
masoned (ma'snd), a. In lifi-., same as maqonnt. 
masoner (ma'sn-er), n. A bricklayer. Halli- 
ire//. [Prov. Eng.] 
masonic (ma-sou ik), a. [< mason + -ic.J Of 
or pertaining to the fraternity of freemasons : 
as, masonic emblems Masonic lodge, a meeting- 
place, and hence a society, of freemasons. 
masonite (ma'sn -it), n. [Named after Owen 
Afason.] In mineral., a variety of chloritoid 
from Natick, Khode Island. 
masonried (ma'sn-rid), a. [< masonry + -^rf 2 .] 
Constructed of masonry ; consisting of masonry 
or stonework: as, " maxoitriwl signal stations, 
Sidereal Messenger, II. 177. 
masonry (ma'sn-ri), . and a. [< ME. masonry, 
< F. maqonncrie, masonry, < macon, mason : see 
W*OH.] I. H. 1. The art or occupation of a 
mason; the art of shaping, arranging, and unit- 
ing stones or bricks to form walls and other 
parts of buildings; the skill of a mason. The 
chief kinds of masonry employed at the present day may 
be classed as rvMle-vark, courted mantmry, and ashler. Sec 
these words. 
Brick and stone and mortar, and all the instruments of 
masonry. Hume, Human Understanding, $ 11. 
2. The work produced by a mason; mason- 
work; specifically, a construction of dressed 
or fitted stones and mortar, as distinguished 
from brickwork or brick-masonry. 
Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. 
Shak.. All's Well, U. 1.31. 
3. The craft or mysteries of freemasons; the 
principles and practices of freemasons Greek 
masonry, the masonry of ancient Greek builders, which 
in the period of its most perfect development, in the fifth 
century B. c., represents the highest attainment in the 
arts of cutting and assembling stone. 
II. a. Consisting of masonwork; formed or 
built of dressed or fitted stones and mortar: as, 
a masonry fort. 
mason-shell (ma'sn-shel), H. A carrier-shell; 
a loopiug-snail ; a ptenoglossate gastropod of 
the family Senopliorida; as Xenopliora conchyli- 
ojihora: so called from its habit of carrying 
about bits of shell, coral, or rock affixed to the 
substance of its shell. See cut under carrier- 
shell. 
Mason's locomotive. See locomotive. 
mason-spider (ma'sn-spi'der), n. A trap-door 
spider. 1'oji. Sci. Mp., XXXHI. 803. 
mason-swallow (ma'sn-swol'o), . A swal- 
low which builds a nest of mud, as the barn- 
swullow or the eaves-swallow. E. EgglettUiii, 
The Century, XXXV. 834. 
mason-wasp (ma'sn-wosp), ii. An aculeate 
hymenopterous insect of the genus Odynerus, 
family Vespidw; a kind of solitary wasp: so 
called from the ingenuity with wh'ich it con- 
structs its habitations in the sand, in the plas- 
ter of walls, etc. 0. murarius is an example. 
masooka (ma-so"ka), . [Said to be a corrup- 
tion of Pg. bezuga.] The spot or lafayette, a 
fish, Liostomiis Knitliiirii.-.-. [Florida.] 
masoola-boat, masulah-boat (ma-so'la-bof), 
n. A large East Indian boat used on the Coro- 
mandel coast for conveying passengers and 
goods between ships and the shore, it stands 
high out of the water, thus presenting a great surface to 
the wind, is difficult to manage, and slow : but it is well 
adapted for the purpose for which it is used, and sustains 
on the bars and shores shucks that would break up any 
European boat, the planks of which it is built being fas- 
tened together by cocoanut fibers. It is rowed some- 
times with as many as sixteen oars. As the boat ap- 
proaches the shore, the boatmen watch the opportunity 
