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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  They  must  all  be  masked  and  vizarded.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  disguise;  to  cover;  to  hide. 
 
  Masking  the  business  from  the  common  eye.  --Shak. 
 
  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  fortess  by  a  superior  force,  while  some 
  hostile  evolution  is  being  carried  out 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Masked  \Masked\,  a. 
  1.  Wearing  a  mask  or  masks;  characterized  by  masks; 
  cincealed;  hidden. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Same  as  {Personate}. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  Having  the  anterior  part  of  the  head  differing 
  decidedly  in  color  from  the  rest  of  the  plumage;  --  said 
  of  birds. 
 
  {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}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  European  crab  ({Corystes 
  cassivelaunus})  with  markings  on  the  carapace  somewhat 
  resembling  a  human  face. 
 
  {Masked  pig}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  Japanese  domestic  hog  ({Sus 
  pliciceps}).  Its  face  is  deeply  furrowed. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  masked 
  adj  :  having  its  true  character  concealed  with  the  intent  of 
  misleading;  "hidden  agenda";  "masked  threat"  [syn:  {cloaked}, 
  {disguised}]




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