master1 (master)

and a. [Also mester (dial.) and mister, the latter now differentiated in use (see mister1 ); The firste lordes and maystres that in Engelond were, These chef townes heo lette in Engelonde rere. Rob. of Gloucester , p. 2. master Euery man is his master that dare beate him, and euery man dares that knowes him. Bp . Earle , Micro-cosmographie, A Coward. Masters o' the people, We do request your kindest ears. 3651 ing; an architect. masterhood Shak ., Cor., ii. 2. 55. He remains master of the field. They had reason to fear that, if he prospered in England, he would become absolute master of Holland. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., ix. Specifically - ( a ) A male teacher or instructor in a school, more especially the sole or head teacher; a schoolmaster. There, in his noisy mansion skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 196. (b) The navigator of a ship. In the merchant marine the master is the captain or commander. In men-of-war the navigator or sailing-master formerly had the specific title of master, and was a line-officer of the lowest rank. In the British navy his title is now navigating - lieutenant or staff-commander. In the United States navy he is now ranked as lieutenant ( junior grade ), between ensign and lieutenant, and is called the navigator. An vnhappie Master he is that is made cunning by manie shippe wrakes. Ascham , The Scholemaster, p. 61. 2. One who has another or others under his immediate control; alord paramount or employer of slaves, va als, domestic servants, workmen, or laborers, etc.; in law , specifically, one who has in his own right and by virtue of contract a legal personal authority over the services of another, such other being called his servant. The important distinction between the relation of master and servant and that of principal and agent lies in the fact that a master is liable to third persons for the errors of his servant to a greater degree than principals generally are for the errors of agents or employees over whom such authority does not exist, and in the fact that a servant has not always the same remedy against his master for injuries suffered in the course of employment as one not a servant might have. No man euer throue by suing his Lord or Maister . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), р. 99. It fares not by fathers as by masters it doeth fare, For a foolish father may get a wise sonne, But of a foolish master it haps very rare Is bread a wise seruant where euer he wonne. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 203. Our master and mistre seeks you. Shak., As you Like it, v. 1. 66. 3. One charged with the care, direction, oversight, or control of some office, busine , undertaking, or department: as, Master of the Rolls; a ship-, harbor-, or dock- master; master of the revels, ceremonies, etc.-4. One who has the power of controlling or using at pleasure; an owner or proprietor; a disposer. Nor that I am more better Than Prospero, master of a full poor cell. Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 20. He who is not master of himself and his own pa ions cannot be a proper master of another. Steele, Spectator, No. 137. 5. A chief; a principal, head, or leader. Maistur in mageste, maker of Alle, Endles and on, euer to last! Now, god, of thi grace graunt me thi helpe. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 1. Some food we had, and some fresh water, that A noble Neapolitan, Gonzalo, Out of his charity (who being then appointed Master of this design) did give us. Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 163. 6. A man eminently or perfectly skilled in something, as an occupation, art, science, or pursuit; one who has disposing or controlling power of any kind by virtue of natural or acquired ability; a proficient; an adept: as, a master of language, or of the violin; a master in art. Few men make themselves Masters of the things they write or speak. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 66. Heard Sigr Francisco on the harpsichord, esteem'd one of the most excellent masters in Europe on that instrument. Evelyn, Diary, Dec. 2, 1674. I listened with delight To pastoral melody or warlike air, Drawn from the chords of the ancient British harp By some accomplished master. Words worth, Excursion, vii. 7. A title of addre , formerly in use, corresponding to magister (which see). Abbreviated M. Master is now changed to mister in ordinary speech, and used in its unchanged form only before the name of a boy, or by a servile dependent to a superior, or sometimes (especially in irony) by a superior to an inferior, as in the second quotation. See mister1. The Pharisees answered, saying, Master , we would see a sign from thee. Mat. xii. 38. Shak ., Cymbeline, i. v. 4. Master doctor, have you brought those drugs? IMG:content-0306.png:[blocks in formation] Master of Ravens wood, a title which he still retained, though forfeiture had attached to that of his father. Scott, Bride of Lammer moor, ii. (c) The title of the head of some societies or corporations: as, the grand master of the Knights of Malta; the master of Balliol College; the master of a lodge of freemasons. ( d ) Eccles., a title applied to certain residentiaries in a minster: as, master of the lady chapel, etc. 10t. In the game of bowls, the jack. As a wise master builder , I have laid the foundation. 1 Cor. iii. 10. (b) One who employs workmen in building. - Master chord, in music , the chord of the dominant. - Master fugue, in music , a fugue without episodes; one in which either subject or answer is continually heard, or one in which only the most difficult contrapuntal methods are used. Master mariner, mason, etc. See mariner , etc. Master mind, the chief mind; a predominant intellect; a master spirit. - Master note. Same as leading note. See leading1 . - Master pa ion, a predominant pa ion: as, ambition was his master pa ion. - Master spirit, a predominant mind; a master mind. life. At bowles every one craues to ki e the maister . 11. A husband. [Low, Eng.] "I'm a watching for my master." "Do you mean your husband?" said I. "Yes, mi , my master." Dickens , Bleak House, viii. IMG:content-0307.png:[blocks in formation] Great mastert. See great. - Master attendant. See attendant. - Master in chancery, in England, formerly, a judicial or quasi-judicial officer of the court of chancery. - Master in lunacy. See lunacy. - Master of Arts, an academical degree granted by a college or other authorized body, on the succe ful completion of a certain course of study or in recognition of profe ional merit. Commonly abbreviated to A. M. or M. A. - Master of ceremonies. See ceremony. Master of or in glomeryt. See glomery. Master of song, in England, in the sixteenth century, the title of the music-teacher to the Chapel Royal. - Master of the church, in Eng, eccles. hist., one of the body of learned clergy who sat as advisers of the bishops in synods. -Master of the faculties, the principal officer of the Court of Faculties (which see, under faculty ). - Master of the horse. ( a ) (Latin magister equitum, commander of the cavalry.] In Rom. hist., an official appointed by the dictator to act as his chief subordinate. He discharged the duties of the dictator during the latter's absence. (b) An equerry; specifically, the third great officer in the British court. He has the management of all the royal stables and bred horses, with authority over all the equerries and pages, coachmen, footmen, grooms, etc. In state cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. ... He is in attendance on me, the noble Earl of Su ex's master of horse. Scott, Kenilworth, xv. Master of the household, an officer employed under the treasurer of the British royal household to survey accounts.-Master of the mint. See mint1. - Master of the ordnance, a great officer who has the command of the ordnance and artillery of Great Britain. - Master of the robes. See robe. - Master of the Rolls, one of the judges of the chancery division of the High Court of Justice in England, the keeper of the rolls of all patents and grants that pa the great seal, and of all records of the Court of Chancery. He ranks next after the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and above the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. - Master of the Sentences ( Magister Sententia rum ), a title given to the celebrated Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris in the twelfth cen tury, from his great work "Sententia rum Libri Quatuore or "The Four of Sentences" (commonly called "The Sentences"), illustrative of doctrines of the churches in sentences or pa ages taken from the fathers. - Master of the songt, an instructor of choristers; a choir-master.Master of the Temple, the preacher of the Temple Church in London. He holds his office by appointment of the crown, without episcopal induction.- Master's mate, formerly, in the United States navy, a junior officer whose duty it was to a ist the master. See mate1. Masters of the schools, in the University of Oxford, England, the conductors of the first examination ("responsions") of the three that candidates for the degree of B. A. are required to pa . - Pa ed master, one who has occupied the office or dignity of master, especially in such bodies or societies as the freemasons, etc.; hence, figuratively, one who has ripe experience in his particular craft or busine . Often written past -master. The little masters. (a) Certain German engravers of the sixteenth century, so called from the smallne of their prints. (b) See the quotation. In this [the hatters'] trade prevailed, early in the eighteenth century, the system of carrying on industry by means of sub-contractors (alias sweaters), who were called Little Masters. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. clxxviii. The Master, a specific designation of Christ as head of the church and supreme guide of his followers. - The old masters, a title given collectively to the eminent painters of the Renai ance and earlier, particularly to the Italian painters of this period. - To be meat for one's master. See meat1 . II. a . Having or exercising mastery; directing or controlling; chief; principal; leading: as, a master mechanic or mariner; a master builder or printer; a master hand in trade. The maister temple of al the toune. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1016. The choice and master spirits of this age. Shak ., J. C., iii. 1. 163. This later version of a most sublime tragedy. has the fire and vigor of a master hand. Stedman , Victorian Poets, pp. 121-2. mēsteren, meisteren = OHG. meisterōn, meistrōn, MHG. G. meistern = Sw. mästr a = Dan. mestre, master; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To become the master of; subject to one's will, control, or authority; conquer; overpower; subdue. Every one can master a grief but he that has it. Shak ., Much Ado, iii. 2. 28. Kings nor authority can master Fate. Fletcher (and another ), Love's Cure, v. 3. 2. To make one's self master of; overcome the difficulties of; learn so as to be able to apply or use: as, to master a science. That art of plain living, which moralists in all ages have prized so much, was mastered completely by Words worth. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 97. master or owner; po e ; 3. To control as have power over. So then he hath it [gold] when he cannot use it, And leaves it to be master'd by his young. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 863. The Hurons would follow our trail, and master our scalps before we had got a dozen miles. Cooper , Last of Mohicans, XXV. 41. To hold the position or relation of master to; be a master to. Rather father thee than master thee. Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 395. 5. In a technical use, to season or age. A slight change in the quality of the sumac, something different in the "ageing" or mastering of the logwood,... and other causes, put works almost to a stand-still. O'Neill, Dyeing and Calico Printing, p. 86. II. in trans. To be skilful; excel. [Rare.] They talk of fencing, and the use of arms, The art of urging and avoiding harms, The noble science, and the mastering skill Of making just approaches how to kill. In a B. Jonson, Underwoods. ( Latham .) master2 (mas'tėr), n . [ mast1 + -er1.] A ve el with (a specified number of) masts: in composition: as, a three- master . master-at-arms (mas'ter-at-ärmz'), n. man-of-war, a petty officer of the first-cla ; the chief police officer of the ship, whose duties are to take charge of all prisoners, and to keep order on the berth-deck. His a istants are called ship's corporals .