Matrass

matlas, n. An egg-shaped gla chemical ve el with tapering neck, used for distilling, digesting, etc. [OF. matraSj large arrow, dart; L. mater is, matara, a Celtic javehn,— f narrow, long neck.] Matre . See Mattre . Matricide, Matrimony, etc. See under Maternal. Matrix, malriks, Matrice, malris or matlis, n.; pi. Mat'rices, -rY-sez. (Anat.) The womb. That which gives form or modifies anything; as, (Mech.) a mold, as for the face of a type; (Min.) the earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystalline minerals are found; pi. (Dyeing.) the 5 simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed. [F. matrice, L. matrix L. mater = E. mother, q. v.] — Matriculate, -trik'u-lat, v. To enter or admit to membership in a body or society, esp. in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.— n. One matriculated. [LateL. ma- Matrix. trieulare, -latum, L. matricula, a register, dim. of matrix.]—Matric'ula'tion, n. Act of, etc. Matron, etc. See under Maternal.