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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Mastich :: Mastich (n.) See Mastic.
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..
Masticot :: Masticot (n.) Massicot.
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..
Lentisk :: Lentisk (n.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.
Chew :: Chew (v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc..
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.
Masticatory :: Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
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..
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..
Paronomastic :: Paronomastic (a.) Alt. of Paronomastica.
Masticador :: Masticador (n.) A part of a bridle, the slavering bit..
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..
Masticating :: Masticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Masticat.
Mastication :: Mastication (n.) The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food..
Pan :: Pan (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel..
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..
Megilph :: Megilph (n.) A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish, used by artists as a vehicle for colors..
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