Mass

mas, n. a lump of matter: a quantity: a collected body: the main body: magnitude: the principal part or main body: quantity of matter in any body, weight being proportional to ma : ( pl. ) the lower cla es of the people.— v.t. to form into a ma : to bring together in ma es.— v.i. to a emble in ma es.— adj. Ma ′ive , bulky: weighty: not separated into parts or elements: without crystalline form, geologically homogeneous.— adv. Ma ′ively .— ns. Ma ′ivene , Ma ′ine ; Ma ′-meeting , a public meeting of persons of all cla es to discu some matter of general interest.— adj. Ma ′y , ma ive, made up of ma es. [Fr. ma e —L. ma a —Gr. maza — ma e in , to squeeze together.]