Definition of mastic

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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..

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Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc..
Masticatory :: Masticatory (a.) Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food.
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) See Pan, the masticatory..
Masticatory :: Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
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..
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..
Paronomastic :: Paronomastic (a.) Alt. of Paronomastica.
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..
Dokimastic :: Dokimastic (a.) Docimastic.
Masticador :: Masticador (n.) A part of a bridle, the slavering bit..
Asphalte :: Asphalte (n.) Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2..
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..
Animastic :: Animastic (a.) Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.
Remasticate :: Remasticate (v. t.) To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud..
Grinder :: Grinder (n.) One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar..
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Mastic :: 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..
Onomastic :: Onomastic (a.) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.
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..
Manducate :: Manducate (v. t.) To masticate; to chew; to eat.
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