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masking
(encz) | masking,maskování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Masking
(gcide) | Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Masking.]
1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
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They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
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2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
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Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of
troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some
hostile evolution is being carried out.
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masking
(wn) | masking
n 1: the act of concealing the existence of something by
obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns
from enemy aircraft" [syn: cover, covering,
screening, masking]
2: the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of
another sensation; "he studied auditory masking by pure
tones"
3: scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the
stage that should not be seen [syn: masking piece,
masking] |
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masking paper
(encz) | masking paper, n: |
masking piece
(encz) | masking piece, n: |
masking tape
(encz) | masking tape,leukoplast Zdeněk Brož |
unmasking
(encz) | unmasking, n: |
Damasking
(gcide) | Damask \Dam"ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damasked; p. pr. & vb.
n. Damasking.]
To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to
Damascus; particularly:
(a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk;
(b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar
marking or "water," as metal. See Damaskeen.
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Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. --Dryde?.
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On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers.
--Milton.
Damaskeen |
Masking
(gcide) | Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Masking.]
1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
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They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
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2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
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Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
(b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of
troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some
hostile evolution is being carried out.
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masking paper
(wn) | masking paper
n 1: adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that
should not be painted [syn: masking tape, {masking
paper}] |
masking piece
(wn) | masking piece
n 1: scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the
stage that should not be seen [syn: masking piece,
masking] |
masking tape
(wn) | masking tape
n 1: adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that
should not be painted [syn: masking tape, {masking
paper}] |
unmasking
(wn) | unmasking
n 1: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an
expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
[syn: expose, unmasking] |
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