masterwork

The principal performance or work; a masterpiece; a chef d'œuvre. "Here, by degrees, his master - work arose." Thomson: Castle of Indolence , ii. 19. master-workman, s. A foreman, an overseer over workmen. mas-těr, v . t. & i. [MASTER, 8.] A. Transitive : 1. To become the master of; to subject one's power, authority, or control; to overpower, to subdue. "His pa ion masters him." Tennyson: Enid and Geraint , 892. 2. To make one's self master of; to overcome the difficulties of, so as to understand fully; as, to master a science. *3. To be a master to. "Rather father thee than master thee." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iv. 2. marîne; gō, pot, pine, pit, sire, sir, masterdom *4. To own or po e ; to be the master or po e or of. "I see their antique pen would have expre ed E'en such a beauty as you master now." Shakesp.: Sonnet 106. 5. To treat or handle in a masterly way, or with skill and thoroughne . B. In trans.: To be skillful; to be a master; to excel. mas-ter-dom, *mas-ter-dome, s . [Eng. master; -dom.] Dominion, power, authority, control. "Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom ." Shakesp.: Macbeth , i. 5. IMG:content-0979.png:[blocks in formation] tmas-ter fül-ly, adv. [Eng. masterful; -ly.] In a masterful or masterly manner.