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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Manducate :: Manducate (v. t.) To masticate; to chew; to eat.
#NAME? :: -ries (pl. ) of Masticator.
Onomasticon :: Onomasticon (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180..
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..
Masticin :: Masticin (n.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic..
Coachwhip Snake :: Coachwhip snake () A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis)..
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..
Grinder :: Grinder (n.) One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar..
Paronomastical :: Paronomastical (a.) Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
Masticating :: Masticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Masticat.
Masticated :: Masticated (imp. & p. p.) of Masticat.
Godwit :: Godwit (n.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin..
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..
Animastic :: Animastic (a.) Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.
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..
Mixtion :: Mixtion (n.) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf..
Chew :: Chew (v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
Pan :: Pan (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel..
Dokimastic :: Dokimastic (a.) Docimastic.
Mastication :: Mastication (n.) The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food..
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