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(1):

(n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

(2):

(n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

(3):

(n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

(4):

(n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; - called also mascaron.

(5):

(n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

(6):

(n.) A screen for a battery.

(7):

(n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

(8):

(n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.

(9):

(v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.

(10):

(v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

(11):

(v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide.

(12):

(v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.

(13):

(v. t.) 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.

(14):

(v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

(15):

(n.) The head or face of a fox.

(16):

(n.) A person wearing a mask; a masker.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mask'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mask.html. 1828.
 
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