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.
Masticater :: Masticater (n.) One who masticates.
Paronomastical :: Paronomastical (a.) Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
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..
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..
Masticatory :: Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
Paronomastic :: Paronomastic (a.) Alt. of Paronomastica.
Masticable :: Masticable (a.) Capable of being masticated.
Asphalte :: Asphalte (n.) Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc..
Remasticate :: Remasticate (v. t.) To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud..
Pistacia :: Pistacia (n.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine..
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..
Masticador :: Masticador (n.) A part of a bridle, the slavering bit..
Grinder :: Grinder (n.) One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar..
Animastic :: Animastic (n.) Psychology.
Lentisk :: Lentisk (n.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.
Masticin :: Masticin (n.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic..
Antonomastic :: Antonomastic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia..
Remastication :: Remastication (n.) The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.
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