||Mas`seuse" (m*sûz"), n.; pl. -seuses (F. -sûz"). [F.] A woman who practices massage.
Mast, n. (Aëronautics) A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.
{ Mas"ta*ba (?), n. Also Mas"ta*bah }. [Ar. maçtabah a large stone bench.] 1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places.
2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath.
Mas"ter vi"bra*tor. In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are used without vibrators of their own.
Mas`toid*i*tis (?), n. [NL. See Mastoid, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
{ Mat`a*be"le (?), or Mat`a*be"les (?) }, n. pl., sing. Matabele. [Written also Matabili.] (Ethnol.) A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.
Mat"a*dor (?), n. 1. [Skat] The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries.
2. A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
Ma`ta*jue"lo (mä`t*hw"l; 239), n. [Cf. Sp. matajudío a kind of fish.] A large squirrel fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) of Florida and the West Indies.
Ma`ta*jue"lo blan"co (?). [Sp. blanco white.] A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to the tilefish.
Match game. A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.
Match play. (Golf) Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play.
||Mate`las`sé" (?), a. [F., p.p. of matelasser to cushion, to cover as with a mattress, fr. matelas mattress. See Mattress.] Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief; as, matelassé silks.
||Mate`las`sé", n. A quilted ornamented dress fabric of silk or silk and wool.
{ Mat"e*lote (?), Mat"e*lotte (?) }, n. [F. matelote, fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors prepare.] 1. A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.