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   Mask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Masking.]
   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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   To disguise; to cover; to hide.
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   Masking the business from the common eye.
   Shak.
   
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   (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 , a.
   Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
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   (Bot.) Same as Personate.
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   (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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