mask (2)

t. & i. [MASK, v.] A. Trans.: To mask, to infuse. "But I hope your honors will tak tea before ye gang to the palace, and I maun gang and mask it for you."-Scott: Waverley, ch. xlii. B. In trans.: To be in a state of infusion. masked, pa. par. & a. [MASK (1), v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language : 1. Wearing a mask; disguised, concealed. "The masked ladies in the pit of the theater."- Macau lay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xiv. *2. Bewildered. "Leaving him more masked than he was before."-Ful ler: Holy War , bk. iii., ch. ii. II. Botany : 1. Having the upper and lower lip of an irregular gamopetalous corolla pre ed together so as to resemble the face of a grinning animal. Example, Antirrhinum. Called also Personate. 2. Having its real nature concealed. masked-ball, s. A ball at which the company wear masks, or appear in masquerade. masked-battery, s. Fort.: A battery concealed from the view of the enemy by mantlets, bushes, or other screen. masked-crab, s . Zool.: Corystes ca ivelaunus , common on the North Atlantic coasts. The marks on the carapace bear some resemblance to a human face, whence its popular name. It lies buried in the sand, with only the antenne visible above the surface. It is a very ancient type; many representatives of it are found in the Gault and Greensand. [PALEOCORYSTES.] masked-finfoot, s. Ornith.: Podica person at a , one of the Rallide, from Burmah and Malacca. masked-gull, s. In Zool.: Larus capi stratus , sometimes called the Brown-headed or Le er Brown-headed Gull. its summer plumage the hair-brown feathers about the head form a complete mask.