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   Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Matting.]
   1. To cover or lay with mats.  Evelyn.
   
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   2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
   
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   And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. Dryden.
   
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   Matted (?), a. [See Matte.] Having a dull surface; lusterless; unburnished; same as matte; as, “matted gold leaf or gilding”.
   
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   Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.
   
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   Matted, a. [See 3d Mat.]
   1. Covered with a mat or mats; as, “a matted floor”.
   
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   2. Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, “matted hair”.
   
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