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Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Masking}.]
1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
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They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
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2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
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Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of
troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some
hostile evolution is being carried out.
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Masked \Masked\, a.
1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks;
concealed; hidden.
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2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}.
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3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing
decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said
of birds.
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{Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.

{Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be
seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.

{Masked crab} (Zool.), a European crab ({Corystes
cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat
resembling a human face.

{Masked pig} (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus
pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed.
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