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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_142150" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_142150" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; - called also mascaron. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] screen for a battery. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. </p> <p> '''(13):''' ''' (''' v. t.) 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. </p> <p> '''(14):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade. </p> <p> '''(15):''' ''' (''' n.) The head or face of a fox. </p> <p> '''(16):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] person wearing a mask; a masker. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50033" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50033" /> == | ||
<p> Bibliography | <p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mask'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/mask.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
(2): ( n.) 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.
(3): ( n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
(4): ( n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; - called also mascaron.
(5): ( n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
(6): ( n.) A screen for a battery.
(7): ( n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
(8): ( n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.
(9): ( v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
(10): ( v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
(11): ( v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
(12): ( v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(13): ( v. t.) 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.
(14): ( v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
(15): ( n.) The head or face of a fox.
(16): ( n.) A person wearing a mask; a masker.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mask'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/mask.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
