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 (a.) Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food.
Masticable :: Masticable (a.) Capable of being masticated.
Manducate :: Manducate (v. t.) To masticate; to chew; to eat.
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..
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..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) See Pan, the masticatory..
Remasticate :: Remasticate (v. t.) To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud..
Masticated :: Masticated (imp. & p. p.) of Masticat.
Dokimastic :: Dokimastic (a.) Docimastic.
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..
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.
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..
Docimastic :: Docimastic (a.) Proving by experiments or tests.
Masseter :: Masseter (n.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication..
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..
Pan :: Pan (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel..
Masticin :: Masticin (n.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic..
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..
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