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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
  • A festive Francis Bacon
  • architecture A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
  • graphics A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
  • programming A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
  • fortification A screen for a battery
  • fortification In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
  • obsolete A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
  • ''(Puebloan anthropology)'' The ceremonial objects used in Puebloan kachina cults that resemble Euro-American masks. (The term is objected as an appropriate translation by Puebloan peoples as it emphasizes imitation but ignores power and representational intent.)
  • That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
  • zoology The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To take part as a masker in a masquerade - Cavendish.
  • intransitive To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way - Shakespeare.
  • transitive To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
  • transitive To cover or keep in check.
  • transitive To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
  • transitive To disguise; to cover; to hide.

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