maskinange

[The Algonquin name.] Ichthy.: Esox est or, an immense pike, caught in the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. Bartlett remarks that he saw one "taken at Kingston upward of four feet in length." Dr. Richardson says that he found none in the rivers which fall into Hudson's Bay or the Polar Sea. [MUSKELLUNGE.] mas lach, subst. [Turk.] A stimulant prepared from opium, and much used in Turkey. mas-lin, a. & 8. [MASELIN.] mā-son, *mas-cun, s . [O. Fr. maçon , ma on; Fr. maçon , from Low Lat. macionem , acc. of macio =a mason, a word of doubtful origin; M. H. Ger. mazzo a mason; Ger. steinmetz =a stone-mason, prob. from M. H. Ger. meizen ; O. H. Ger. meizan= to hew, to cut; Ger. meisel =a chisel.] 1. A builder in stone; a workman whose busine is to lay stone or brick in building; a worker in stone. "Obedient to the mason's call They roll the stone, and raise the wall." Cambridge: Apology for writing Verse. 2. A member of the fraternity of freemasons (q. v.). mason-bee, s. Zoology: Chalicodoma muraria (Réaumur). It builds a nest, of fine sand grains firmly united by a salivary.secretion, upon the surface of walls. This species is nearly allied to the genus Osmia (q. v.). *mason-lodge, s. A room or place where a fraternity of freemasons hold their meetings. mason-wasp, s. Entom.: Odynerus murarius , a solitary wasp, which in June and July excavates a hole in the sand or the plaster of a wall, and at the entrance builds a tube about two inches long. The cement is formed by moistening the detached grains with water, which it disgorges. It deposits its eggs in the hole, laying up caterpillars stung half dead for support to its own larvæ when hatched. In turn these wasp larve often fall a prey to ichneumons. *mā-son, v.t. [Fr. maçonner , fr. maçon =a mason.] To construct of masonry; to build of stone. "Masoned and wroughte of diverse stones."-Berners: Froi art; Cronucle , vol. i., ch. i.