Definition of mastic

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Mastic (n.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree..

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Onomastic :: Onomastic (a.) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.
Masseter :: Masseter (n.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication..
Coachwhip Snake :: Coachwhip snake () A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis)..
Masticator :: Masticator (n.) A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Asphalte :: Asphalte (n.) Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2..
Masticatory :: Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc..
Kava :: Kava (n.) A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself..
Masticating :: Masticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Masticat.
Manducate :: Manducate (v. t.) To masticate; to chew; to eat.
Masticater :: Masticater (n.) One who masticates.
Masticatory :: Masticatory (a.) Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food.
Antonomastic :: Antonomastic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia..
Masticated :: Masticated (imp. & p. p.) of Masticat.
Masticot :: Masticot (n.) Massicot.
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food..
Wax :: Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow..
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