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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Masticatory :: Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
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..
Paronomastical :: Paronomastical (a.) Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
Onomastic :: Onomastic (a.) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting.
Masticin :: Masticin (n.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic..
Masticater :: Masticater (n.) One who masticates.
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..
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit..
Masticatory :: Masticatory (a.) Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food.
Dokimastic :: Dokimastic (a.) Docimastic.
Mixtion :: Mixtion (n.) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf..
Masticated :: Masticated (imp. & p. p.) of Masticat.
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc..
Pan :: Pan (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) See Pan, the masticatory..
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..
Masticable :: Masticable (a.) Capable of being masticated.
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..
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