masticn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmastɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmæstɪk/

Forms: Middle English mastyck, Middle English mastykk, Middle English–1500s mastik, Middle English–1500s mastyk, Middle English–1500s mastyke, Middle English–1600s mastike, Middle English–1700s mastix, Middle English–1800s mastick, Middle English– mastic, 1500s masstyc, 1500s 1900s– mastik (in sense 6), 1500s–1600s masticke, 1500s–1800s mastiche, 1600s mastixe, 1600s–1800s mastich; Scottish pre-1700 mastic, pre-1700 mastick, pre-1700 mastik.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mastich; Latin mastichum.

Etymology: < Middle French mastich, mastic (c1256 in Old French; French mastic ; compare Anglo-Norman mastiz ) and its etymon post-classical Latin mastichum, masticum (5th cent. in Palladius) < classical Latin mastichē < ancient Greek μαστίχη , probably a back-formation < μαστιχᾶν (see masticate v.), the connection of sense being the use of mastic as a chewing-gum. Sense 6 translates modern Greek μαστίχα mastika n.Occitan mastec , Catalan mastec , Italian regional (Venice) mástego , Italian regional (Verona and Reggio Emilia) mástago , and Italian regional (Lombardy) másteg are all from the same form as the French word. Italian mastice and Portuguese mástique are probably < the classical Latin form. Portuguese almécega , Spanish almástiga , etc., are < Arabic derivatives of the Greek word. Compare (from French) Middle Dutch mastijk , mastic (Dutch mastiek ). French mastic is attested from the 15th cent. in sense 2, from the 16th cent. in sense 3, from 1580 in sense 5, from 1884 in sense 6, and from 1888 in sense 1c. With herb mastic (see sense 3) compare Middle French herbe du mastich (1549). Forms in -x , -xe are after the post-classical Latin form mastix (a636 in Isidore), as is German Mastix . Use as adjective at sense 1c is perhaps influenced by analysis of the final syllable as -ic suffix.

a. An aromatic gum or resin which exudes from the bark of the lentisk or mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus (sense 2), used chiefly in making varnishes and, formerly, in medicine (also mastic gum). Also with distinguishing word: any of various similar resins derived from other trees.Mastic is generally sold in the form of roundish, pea-sized tears, transparent with a pale yellow or faint greenish tinge. It is produced almost exclusively on the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > gums and viscid products > [noun] > gum resins

guttaa1398

mastica1398

olibanuma1398

opopanaxa1400

serapinec1400

olibanc1440

tragacanth1558

gum tragacanth1562

tacamahac1577

seraphium1582

bdellium1585

sagapenum1597

liquidambar1598

lignum vitae1611

gamboge1615

sagapen1712

stacte1715

angico1821

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > gum (resin)

gumc1385

mastica1398

cherry-tree, plum-tree glue1683

gum resin1712

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 231^v Of þe rynde [of Lentiscus] comeþ resyna þat hatte mastik.

c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 82 Make..þy mastik..on smal poudre in abrasen morter.

?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 39 Oyle of mastyk.

1534 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 192 Gom Masstyc.

1559 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 173 Oylle of mastyke w^th the pot, x d.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 359 The Masticke is also good against spitting of blood.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1244 The Rosen is called..in Latine Lentiscina Resina, and likewise Mastiche: in shops Mastix:..in English Masticke.

1602 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health (1626) 169 Remember before you rest, to chew downe halfe a dozen graines of Mastike.

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. ii, in Wks. II. 145 Chawing Some graines of masticke, will preserue the breath.

1676 S. Fell Househ. Acct. Bk. 14 Nov. (1920) 331 By m^o p^d for masticke fo^r sist^r Susannah.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 63 The Mastick in Tear..is a resinous Gum which drops during the great Heat.

1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 91/1 Mastic gum.

1860 All Year Round 11 Feb. 364 Mastic resembles gum Arabic; it is crystally cracked, yellow in colour,..and has no taste at all to mention.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 621/2 Pistacia Khinjuk, Stocks, and P. cabulica, St.,..yield a kind of mastic which..when met with in the European market is known as East Indian or Bombay mastic... Cape mastic,..not exported to England, is the produce of Euryops multifidus... Dammar resin is sometimes sold under the name of mastic.

1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 183 The reliner decided that the varnish was neither mastic nor copal.

1990 Jrnl. Semitic Stud. 35 240 You can make two effigies..out of (a mixture of) white wax and mastic.

†b. figurative. Obsolete.

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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 329 And innocent Astræa did combine All with the mastick of a Loue deuine.

c. A shade of pale yellow, resembling the colour of mastic. Also as adj. Now rare.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > pale yellow

gullnessa1300

butter colour1629

wheat-colour1711

straw colour1737

jonquil1791

straw-yellow1794

straw1799

wax-yellow1805

sulphur-yellow1816

wax-colour1854

daffodil1855

sulphur-colour1866

sherry colour1871

tea rose1872

mastic1890

wheat1915

sulphur1924

straw-gold1963

buttermilk1977

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow

gull13..

flaxen?1523

palew1547

straw-coloured1585

branlie1589

straw colour1589

flaxy1634

festucine1646

sulphureous1656

flaxenish1661

butter colour1665

strawy1668

straw-yellow1794

bombycinous1796

sulphur-coloured1811

sherry-yellow1813

sulphur-yellow1816

bombasic1825

straw1842

wax-coloured1842

stramineous1845

maize-coloured1852

daffodil1855

daw1856

flax1873

sherry-coloured1875

mastic1890

sulpho-chromic1895

ochroid1897

wheat-coloured1898

sulphurous1899

sulphury1900

tea rose1900

straw-pale1922

1890 Daily News 27 Sept. 2/1 Coats and jackets in mastic, cigar-colour, and shades verging on terra-cotta.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/2 A gown..of mastic cloth.

1923 Weekly Disp. 25 Feb. 14 Colours: Navy,..Nut, Mastic and Burnt.

2. In full mastic tree. An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean coastal region, Pistacia lentiscus (family Anacardiaceae), closely related to the pistachio, the bark of which yields mastic; = lentisk n. Also (usually with distinguishing word): any of several trees of related genera which yield a similar gum; esp. the pepper tree, Schinus molle, of tropical South America (more fully Peruvian mastic), and the gumbo-limbo, Bursera simaruba, of the Caribbean region (more fully West Indian mastic).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Mediterranean and Middle Eastern > mastic gum tree

lentiscusa1398

lentiskc1420

mastic?1440

prickwood1598

schine-tree1609

mastic shrub1682

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 1039 (MED) And now The bones hard of mastik tre wol serue Ysowe.

a1500 in Englische Studien (1885) 8 283 Atte Shyo [i.e. Chios] is good Muscadell, and ther groweth the Mastik.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 51 The Mastick tree, distilleth and droppeth a certaine teare or Gum.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 218/1 There groweth..many Mastike, Cedars, Cipres..and wild vines.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 136 Abounding in..knotty Pines, fragrant Masticks, Kingly Oaks [etc.].

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. (at cited word) Indian Mastic, the name by which the Molle, or Peruvian Lentisk is sometimes called.

1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xxx. 144 Some boughs of green mastic served us at once for tablecloth and dish.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785 Mastic tree, Bursera gummifera.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 724/2 Mastich, Barbary. Pistacia atlantica.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands ix. 233 The mastic, with its pendant white bell-shaped blossoms.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 873/2 The West Indian mastic tree is the Bursera gummifera and the Peruvian mastic is Schinus molle.

1990 C. J. King tr. I. Schönfelder & P. Schönfelder Collins Photoguide Wild Flowers Mediterranean 18 Plants found in its [sc. the Aleppo pine's] undergrowth include..the Sage-leaved Cistus (Cistus salviifolius), the Mastic Tree..and Rosemary.

†3. Any of several aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae); spec.

a. Either of two plants of the western Mediterranean formerly much used in medicine, esp. to induce sneezing: (a) (more fully herb mastic) a kind of thyme, Thymus mastichina; (b) (more fully candy mastic, Syrian (herb) mastic) cat thyme, Teucrium marum. See also marum n. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > herb mastic

mastic1597

mastic thyme1640

marum1666

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 544 The English and French Herbarists at this daie do call this plant Masticke or Mastiche.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 12 Marum vulgare. Hearbe Masticke.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 13 Marum Syriacum vel Creticum. The Syrian or Candye Mastick. This Candye or Syrian Marjerome.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 302 It is not yet too late to plant Slips of..Marum, Mastick, and some other Aromatick Plants.

1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Marum vulgare, the common mastich; Thymus mastichina, Linn. It is a low shrubby plant, a native of Spain, and is merely employed in medicine as an errhine.

1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 907/1 Teucrium marum,... Syrian herb mastich, Cat thyme... A very aromatic plant... Formerly much used..as a tonic, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, &c.

b. A kind of marjoram, Origanum maru, of western Asia. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > marjoram

organOE

marjorama1393

origanuma1398

origan?1440

organuma1450

orgament1552

grove marjoram1578

goat's marjoram1597

goat's organy1597

orgamy1609

field marjoram1640

origany1728

hop-plant1817

mastic1852

1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 665/2 Origanum maru (mastic).

1868 S. Hereman Paxton's Bot. Dict. 359/1 Mastic, see Majorana crassifolia.

4. More fully mastic tree. A tall forest tree Sideroxylon (Mastichodendron) foetidissimum (family Sapotaceae), of the Caribbean region, which yields a hard wood prized for building and carving.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies

sweetwood1607

mastic1657

acajou1666

bastard locust tree1670

alligator wood1696

muskwood1696

lancewood1697

rodwood1716

cog-wood1725

soapwood1733

down tree?1740

pigeon plum1743

break-axe tree1756

horse-wood1756

loblolly whitewood1756

Spanish elm1756

trumpet-tree1756

ahuehuete1778

ocote1787

locust tree1795

Madeira wood1796

peroba1813

roble1814

louro1816

cecropia1824

purple heart1825

wallaba1825

trumpet-wood1836

gumbo-limbo1837

poui1838

quebracho1839

snake-wood1843

yacca1843

horseflesh wood1851

necklace tree1858

Honduras rosewood1860

turanira1862

softwood1864

wattle-wood1864

balsa tree1866

primavera1871

rauli1874

lemon-wood1879

wheel-tree1882

Spanish stopper1883

gurgeon-stopper1884

pinkwood-tree1884

stopper1884

sloth-tree1885

imbaubaa1893

Spanish cedar1907

amarant1909

Parana pine1916

imbuya1919

mastic-bully1920

banak1921

timbo1924

becuiba1934

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 73 The Mastick is a tree very tall, but the body slender... The timber of..this tree is rank'd amongst the fourth sort, three being better then it.

1683 J. Poyntz Present Prospect Tobago 28 The Mastick is a Timber Tree of so fine a grain, that it plains like our English Box.

1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. 75 The Mastic Tree..grows usually to the Height of about fifty Feet... The Leaves hang promiscuously on long Footstalks.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 149 The Mastich-tree; Lat. Calaba.

1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 32 The peninsula affords in this place Lignum-Vitae, Mastick and Mohogany.

1830 J. D. Maycock Flora Barbadensis 111 Sideroxylon Mastichodendron..Mastick Tree.

1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 77/2 Sideroxylon..foetidissimum... Mastic... Its value as a timber led to its virtual extinction on the island.

5. In extended use. Originally: a kind of resinous or bituminous cement (cf. mastic cement n. at Compounds 2). In later use: any of various waterproof, putty-like substances used in the building trade as fillers, coatings, and sealants.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > resinous or bituminous cement

mastic1706

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > other kinds of cement or mortar

maltha?1440

testacyec1440

putty1472

tarras1612

natural cement1753

Roman cement1768

sand mortar1775

Roman cement1800

Parker's cement1811

mastic cement1815

gauge-stuff1823

Portland cement1824

putty cement1825

rust cement1830

matrix1838

terro-cement1838

rust1839

swish1863

Coaguline1868

albolith1870

dagga1878

mastic1881

tripolith1882

grappier1897

pozzolana cement1905

Ciment Fondu1924

snowcrete1928

soil-cement1936

1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. 85 Cover the Top of the Stem with some Mastick... This Mastick must be compounded of..Rosin,..Wax,..Pitch, and..Mutton Suet.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 9 Sept. 2/1 As for the small Particles of Brick or Stone, the least Moistness would join them together, and turn them into a kind of Mastick.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 274 [article Cements] Mastics of resinous or bituminous nature which must be softened or fused by heat.

1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic 627 The..heads of the nails are afterwards to be coated with the same asphalte mastic.

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 87/1 Patent Joint Mastic for making joints of all kinds.

1961 Corrosion 17 81/1 The mastic..protected the pipe from corrosion better than the enamels.

1977 Bitumen (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 5 The use of stone layers grouted with a hot mastic of sand, filler and bitumen is well established for coast and river protection.

1991 Pract. Householder Apr. 11/2 Before you bolt up each section, use a mastic between the joints.

6. In extended use: = mastika n.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > others

koumiss1598

nugs of balm1609

rakia1613

pariah-arrack1671

stalagma1684

fenouillette1706

aguardiente1752

fennel water1757

rakia1778

mahua1810

mahua-arrack1813

kirschwasser1819

mescal1826

still-spirit1832

mobbie1833

zibib1836

potato spirit1839

mowra1846

tequila1849

Jersey lightning1852

petit baume1858

kirsch1869

mastic1876

Hoochinoo1877

mastic brandy1883

mastika1889

hooch1897

ouzo1897

milk-whisky1906

mahua spirit1920

shochu1938

mirabelle1940

tsipouro1947

mahua liquor1961

Mao-tai1962

changaa1975

reposado1982

1876 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 590/2 American whisky, and Dutch gin, Alkermes, Chartreuse, and Greek mastic, made all told a wine list for a king.

1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 452 In Turkey we always drank mastic on such occasions.

1958 L. Durrell Balthazar xii. 221 The inhabitants of the European city sat at glittering tables stocked with glasses of mastic, aniseed or brandy.

1966 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept viii. 192 They came into the bar of the hotel in which I was staying in Sofia and we celebrated..with numerous glasses of mastik.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

† mastic pill n. Obsolete

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1656 Culpepers Ghost 7 in N. Culpeper Two Bks. Physick A Mastich Pill, with a drop of Oyl of Time, than which the Apothecaries Shop knows no more common Medicine.

1697 N. Grew Treat. Salt in Epsom Waters 57 Take of Mastick Pills, two Scruples.

mastic seal n.

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1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) i. 18 Suppose the letter completed,..and sealed with the mastic seal.

mastic timber n.

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1833 J. Bennett Artificer's Compl. Lex. 228 Mastic timber, specific gravity per foot cube, 53 lbs.

mastic wood n.

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1669 H. Stubbe Let. in T. Birch Life R. Boyle (1744) 191 To let you see, what mastick wood will do in the gout.

1699 S. Garth Dispensary iii. 30 And on the Structure next he heaps a load, Of..mastick Wood.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mastich Wood... A tincture is made from it.

b. Objective.

mastic-chewing n.

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1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such v. 103 Preliminary media of understanding, such as pipes, chocolate, or mastic-chewing.

C2.

mastic asphalt n. a dense mixture of bitumen and powdered limestone, often containing gravel or stone chips, used for surfacing footpaths and roofs.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > bitumen-based compositions > asphalt-based compositions

rolled asphalt1928

mastic asphalt1930

Somastic1930

1930 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 18 Apr. 182 t/1 The great distinction between rock and mastic asphalts is that, while in the former the incorporation of the bitumen and the mineral base has been effected by nature, in the latter it takes place by human agency.

1991 Better Roads Nov. 7/2 It's interesting to note the recent touting of the wonders of stone mastic asphalt.

mastic brandy n. rare = mastika n.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > others

koumiss1598

nugs of balm1609

rakia1613

pariah-arrack1671

stalagma1684

fenouillette1706

aguardiente1752

fennel water1757

rakia1778

mahua1810

mahua-arrack1813

kirschwasser1819

mescal1826

still-spirit1832

mobbie1833

zibib1836

potato spirit1839

mowra1846

tequila1849

Jersey lightning1852

petit baume1858

kirsch1869

mastic1876

Hoochinoo1877

mastic brandy1883

mastika1889

hooch1897

ouzo1897

milk-whisky1906

mahua spirit1920

shochu1938

mirabelle1940

tsipouro1947

mahua liquor1961

Mao-tai1962

changaa1975

reposado1982

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 621/2 Mastic brandy.

mastic-bully n. [see bully n.⁴] = sense 4.

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1920 N. L. Britton & C. F. Millspaugh Bahama Flora 321 Sideroxylon foetidissimum... Coppices and scrub-lands... Mastic-bully.

1974 E. L. Little et al. Trees Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands I. 454 Mastic-bully.

mastic cement n. a kind of cement used for plastering walls, usually composed of powdered limestone, sand, and litharge, mixed with linseed oil.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > other kinds of cement or mortar

maltha?1440

testacyec1440

putty1472

tarras1612

natural cement1753

Roman cement1768

sand mortar1775

Roman cement1800

Parker's cement1811

mastic cement1815

gauge-stuff1823

Portland cement1824

putty cement1825

rust cement1830

matrix1838

terro-cement1838

rust1839

swish1863

Coaguline1868

albolith1870

dagga1878

mastic1881

tripolith1882

grappier1897

pozzolana cement1905

Ciment Fondu1924

snowcrete1928

soil-cement1936

1815 in Titles Patents (1854) 690 A mastic cement or composition, which he denominates Dihl's mastic.

1875 Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) Mastic cement, a mixture of lime, sand, litharge, and linseed-oil.

1938 Amer. Home June 32/1 Walls and ceiling may be covered with structural glass which is manufactured in pleasant, standard colours and is secured by mastic cement.

† mastic cloth n. Obsolete rare a type of canvas used for embroidery.

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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 342/2 Mastic Cloth. A new variety of canvas, designed for embroidery purposes. It is woven in alternate stripes.

† mastic-fly n. Caribbean Obsolete a kind of beetle (not identified) which feeds on the mastic tree Sideroxylon foetidissimum.

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1700 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani viii. 66 Capricornus Barbadensis major..from..Barbadoes where they are very plentifull and call'd by them the Mastick-fly.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados iii. 81 The Mastich-fly..derives its name from the Tree it feeds upon.

mastic paint n. now rare = mastic cement n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > other kinds of plaster

lime-slab1608

roughcast1609

lime and hair1626

parge1649

chunam1687

impastation1728

stuff1812

mastic paint1839

parget1842

Parian cement1858

Madras stucco1859

Keene's cement1869

gatch1886

Parian1886

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 869 Hamelin's mastic or lithic paint to cover the façades of brick buildings, &c.

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 87/1 Heat Resisting Mastic Paint.

† mastic patch n. Obsolete a patch for the face, either fastened on with mastic or composed of mastic, worn as a remedy for toothache.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress > plaster for toothache

mastic patch1598

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 85 Or Gellia wore a veluet Mastick-patch Vpon her temples when no tooth did ache.

1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iii. iii When there was not fire enough to warme a Mastick patch t' apply to his wives Temples In great extremity of toothach.

mastic plant n. †(a) cat thyme, Teucrium marum (obsolete); (b) the lentisk or mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > germander plants

hindheala1300

ambrosea1350

wild sagea1400

germander?a1425

tetterwosea1500

English treacle1548

garlic-germander1548

scordium1548

wood-sage1571

garlic-sage1597

horse-chire1597

tree germander1597

mountain sage1659

marum1666

teucrium1673

mastic plant1718

thorny germander1822

bitter sage1865

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 80 Mari Syriaci, the Mastick Plant, as some call it. It is reckon'd a kind of Marjoram.

1926 P. M. Shand Bk. Wine x. 264 Chios is also the home of the Mastic plant, whence a horrible liqueur..is made.

† mastic shrub n. Obsolete the mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Mediterranean and Middle Eastern > mastic gum tree

lentiscusa1398

lentiskc1420

mastic?1440

prickwood1598

schine-tree1609

mastic shrub1682

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 61 Lentiscus, or the Mastick shrub.

mastic thyme n. the thyme Thymus mastichina.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > herb mastic

mastic1597

mastic thyme1640

marum1666

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 6 Thymum latifolium. Masticke Tyme.

1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II ii. 95 Mastik, Thyme or Marum is increas'd by slips.

1856 Cycl. Nat. Hist. iv. 1062 T[hymus] mastichina, Mastich-Thyme, or Herb-Mastich... It exhales a scent resembling mastich.

mastic varnish n. a fine pale varnish used to protect paintings (cf. megilp n.).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > varnish

mastic varnish1510

white varnish1560

varnish1633

brush-varnish1875

1510 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 199 Mastyke vernysch.

1841 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 78 The picture has just been varnished with mastick varnish.

1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art at Gumption The formula..gives a mixture of drying linseed oil and mastic varnish, which gelatinises.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mastic
释义	masticn.adj. Brit. /ˈmastɪk/, U.S. /ˈmæstɪk/ Forms: Middle English mastyck, Middle English mastykk, Middle English–1500s mastik, Middle English–1500s mastyk, Middle English–1500s mastyke, Middle English–1600s mastike, Middle English–1700s mastix, Middle English–1800s mastick, Middle English– mastic, 1500s masstyc, 1500s 1900s– mastik (in sense 6), 1500s–1600s masticke, 1500s–1800s mastiche, 1600s mastixe, 1600s–1800s mastich; Scottish pre-1700 mastic, pre-1700 mastick, pre-1700 mastik. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mastich; Latin mastichum. Etymology: < Middle French mastich, mastic (c1256 in Old French; French mastic ; compare Anglo-Norman mastiz ) and its etymon post-classical Latin mastichum, masticum (5th cent. in Palladius) < classical Latin mastichē < ancient Greek μαστίχη , probably a back-formation < μαστιχᾶν (see masticate v.), the connection of sense being the use of mastic as a chewing-gum. Sense 6 translates modern Greek μαστίχα mastika n.Occitan mastec , Catalan mastec , Italian regional (Venice) mástego , Italian regional (Verona and Reggio Emilia) mástago , and Italian regional (Lombardy) másteg are all from the same form as the French word. Italian mastice and Portuguese mástique are probably < the classical Latin form. Portuguese almécega , Spanish almástiga , etc., are < Arabic derivatives of the Greek word. Compare (from French) Middle Dutch mastijk , mastic (Dutch mastiek ). French mastic is attested from the 15th cent. in sense 2, from the 16th cent. in sense 3, from 1580 in sense 5, from 1884 in sense 6, and from 1888 in sense 1c. With herb mastic (see sense 3) compare Middle French herbe du mastich (1549). Forms in -x , -xe are after the post-classical Latin form mastix (a636 in Isidore), as is German Mastix . Use as adjective at sense 1c is perhaps influenced by analysis of the final syllable as -ic suffix. 1. a. An aromatic gum or resin which exudes from the bark of the lentisk or mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus (sense 2), used chiefly in making varnishes and, formerly, in medicine (also mastic gum). Also with distinguishing word: any of various similar resins derived from other trees.Mastic is generally sold in the form of roundish, pea-sized tears, transparent with a pale yellow or faint greenish tinge. It is produced almost exclusively on the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > gums and viscid products > [noun] > gum resins guttaa1398 mastica1398 olibanuma1398 opopanaxa1400 serapinec1400 olibanc1440 tragacanth1558 gum tragacanth1562 tacamahac1577 seraphium1582 bdellium1585 sagapenum1597 liquidambar1598 lignum vitae1611 gamboge1615 sagapen1712 stacte1715 angico1821 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > gum (resin) gumc1385 mastica1398 cherry-tree, plum-tree glue1683 gum resin1712 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 231^v Of þe rynde [of Lentiscus] comeþ resyna þat hatte mastik. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 82 Make..þy mastik..on smal poudre in abrasen morter. ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 39 Oyle of mastyk. 1534 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 192 Gom Masstyc. 1559 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 173 Oylle of mastyke w^th the pot, x d. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 359 The Masticke is also good against spitting of blood. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1244 The Rosen is called..in Latine Lentiscina Resina, and likewise Mastiche: in shops Mastix:..in English Masticke. 1602 W. Vaughan Nat. & Artific. Direct. Health (1626) 169 Remember before you rest, to chew downe halfe a dozen graines of Mastike. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. ii, in Wks. II. 145 Chawing Some graines of masticke, will preserue the breath. 1676 S. Fell Househ. Acct. Bk. 14 Nov. (1920) 331 By m^o p^d for masticke fo^r sist^r Susannah. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 63 The Mastick in Tear..is a resinous Gum which drops during the great Heat. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 91/1 Mastic gum. 1860 All Year Round 11 Feb. 364 Mastic resembles gum Arabic; it is crystally cracked, yellow in colour,..and has no taste at all to mention. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 621/2 Pistacia Khinjuk, Stocks, and P. cabulica, St.,..yield a kind of mastic which..when met with in the European market is known as East Indian or Bombay mastic... Cape mastic,..not exported to England, is the produce of Euryops multifidus... Dammar resin is sometimes sold under the name of mastic. 1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 183 The reliner decided that the varnish was neither mastic nor copal. 1990 Jrnl. Semitic Stud. 35 240 You can make two effigies..out of (a mixture of) white wax and mastic. †b. figurative. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 329 And innocent Astræa did combine All with the mastick of a Loue deuine. c. A shade of pale yellow, resembling the colour of mastic. Also as adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > pale yellow gullnessa1300 butter colour1629 wheat-colour1711 straw colour1737 jonquil1791 straw-yellow1794 straw1799 wax-yellow1805 sulphur-yellow1816 wax-colour1854 daffodil1855 sulphur-colour1866 sherry colour1871 tea rose1872 mastic1890 wheat1915 sulphur1924 straw-gold1963 buttermilk1977 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow gull13.. flaxen?1523 palew1547 straw-coloured1585 branlie1589 straw colour1589 flaxy1634 festucine1646 sulphureous1656 flaxenish1661 butter colour1665 strawy1668 straw-yellow1794 bombycinous1796 sulphur-coloured1811 sherry-yellow1813 sulphur-yellow1816 bombasic1825 straw1842 wax-coloured1842 stramineous1845 maize-coloured1852 daffodil1855 daw1856 flax1873 sherry-coloured1875 mastic1890 sulpho-chromic1895 ochroid1897 wheat-coloured1898 sulphurous1899 sulphury1900 tea rose1900 straw-pale1922 1890 Daily News 27 Sept. 2/1 Coats and jackets in mastic, cigar-colour, and shades verging on terra-cotta. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/2 A gown..of mastic cloth. 1923 Weekly Disp. 25 Feb. 14 Colours: Navy,..Nut, Mastic and Burnt. 2. In full mastic tree. An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean coastal region, Pistacia lentiscus (family Anacardiaceae), closely related to the pistachio, the bark of which yields mastic; = lentisk n. Also (usually with distinguishing word): any of several trees of related genera which yield a similar gum; esp. the pepper tree, Schinus molle, of tropical South America (more fully Peruvian mastic), and the gumbo-limbo, Bursera simaruba, of the Caribbean region (more fully West Indian mastic). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Mediterranean and Middle Eastern > mastic gum tree lentiscusa1398 lentiskc1420 mastic?1440 prickwood1598 schine-tree1609 mastic shrub1682 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 1039 (MED) And now The bones hard of mastik tre wol serue Ysowe. a1500 in Englische Studien (1885) 8 283 Atte Shyo [i.e. Chios] is good Muscadell, and ther groweth the Mastik. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 51 The Mastick tree, distilleth and droppeth a certaine teare or Gum. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 218/1 There groweth..many Mastike, Cedars, Cipres..and wild vines. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 136 Abounding in..knotty Pines, fragrant Masticks, Kingly Oaks [etc.]. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. (at cited word) Indian Mastic, the name by which the Molle, or Peruvian Lentisk is sometimes called. 1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xxx. 144 Some boughs of green mastic served us at once for tablecloth and dish. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785 Mastic tree, Bursera gummifera. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 724/2 Mastich, Barbary. Pistacia atlantica. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands ix. 233 The mastic, with its pendant white bell-shaped blossoms. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 873/2 The West Indian mastic tree is the Bursera gummifera and the Peruvian mastic is Schinus molle. 1990 C. J. King tr. I. Schönfelder & P. Schönfelder Collins Photoguide Wild Flowers Mediterranean 18 Plants found in its [sc. the Aleppo pine's] undergrowth include..the Sage-leaved Cistus (Cistus salviifolius), the Mastic Tree..and Rosemary. †3. Any of several aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae); spec. a. Either of two plants of the western Mediterranean formerly much used in medicine, esp. to induce sneezing: (a) (more fully herb mastic) a kind of thyme, Thymus mastichina; (b) (more fully candy mastic, Syrian (herb) mastic) cat thyme, Teucrium marum. See also marum n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > herb mastic mastic1597 mastic thyme1640 marum1666 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 544 The English and French Herbarists at this daie do call this plant Masticke or Mastiche. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 12 Marum vulgare. Hearbe Masticke. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 13 Marum Syriacum vel Creticum. The Syrian or Candye Mastick. This Candye or Syrian Marjerome. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 302 It is not yet too late to plant Slips of..Marum, Mastick, and some other Aromatick Plants. 1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Marum vulgare, the common mastich; Thymus mastichina, Linn. It is a low shrubby plant, a native of Spain, and is merely employed in medicine as an errhine. 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 907/1 Teucrium marum,... Syrian herb mastich, Cat thyme... A very aromatic plant... Formerly much used..as a tonic, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, &c. b. A kind of marjoram, Origanum maru, of western Asia. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > marjoram organOE marjorama1393 origanuma1398 origan?1440 organuma1450 orgament1552 grove marjoram1578 goat's marjoram1597 goat's organy1597 orgamy1609 field marjoram1640 origany1728 hop-plant1817 mastic1852 1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 665/2 Origanum maru (mastic). 1868 S. Hereman Paxton's Bot. Dict. 359/1 Mastic, see Majorana crassifolia. 4. More fully mastic tree. A tall forest tree Sideroxylon (Mastichodendron) foetidissimum (family Sapotaceae), of the Caribbean region, which yields a hard wood prized for building and carving. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 73 The Mastick is a tree very tall, but the body slender... The timber of..this tree is rank'd amongst the fourth sort, three being better then it. 1683 J. Poyntz Present Prospect Tobago 28 The Mastick is a Timber Tree of so fine a grain, that it plains like our English Box. 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. 75 The Mastic Tree..grows usually to the Height of about fifty Feet... The Leaves hang promiscuously on long Footstalks. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 149 The Mastich-tree; Lat. Calaba. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 32 The peninsula affords in this place Lignum-Vitae, Mastick and Mohogany. 1830 J. D. Maycock Flora Barbadensis 111 Sideroxylon Mastichodendron..Mastick Tree. 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 77/2 Sideroxylon..foetidissimum... Mastic... Its value as a timber led to its virtual extinction on the island. 5. In extended use. Originally: a kind of resinous or bituminous cement (cf. mastic cement n. at Compounds 2). In later use: any of various waterproof, putty-like substances used in the building trade as fillers, coatings, and sealants. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > resinous or bituminous cement mastic1706 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > other kinds of cement or mortar maltha?1440 testacyec1440 putty1472 tarras1612 natural cement1753 Roman cement1768 sand mortar1775 Roman cement1800 Parker's cement1811 mastic cement1815 gauge-stuff1823 Portland cement1824 putty cement1825 rust cement1830 matrix1838 terro-cement1838 rust1839 swish1863 Coaguline1868 albolith1870 dagga1878 mastic1881 tripolith1882 grappier1897 pozzolana cement1905 Ciment Fondu1924 snowcrete1928 soil-cement1936 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. 85 Cover the Top of the Stem with some Mastick... This Mastick must be compounded of..Rosin,..Wax,..Pitch, and..Mutton Suet. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 9 Sept. 2/1 As for the small Particles of Brick or Stone, the least Moistness would join them together, and turn them into a kind of Mastick. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 274 [article Cements] Mastics of resinous or bituminous nature which must be softened or fused by heat. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic 627 The..heads of the nails are afterwards to be coated with the same asphalte mastic. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 87/1 Patent Joint Mastic for making joints of all kinds. 1961 Corrosion 17 81/1 The mastic..protected the pipe from corrosion better than the enamels. 1977 Bitumen (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 5 The use of stone layers grouted with a hot mastic of sand, filler and bitumen is well established for coast and river protection. 1991 Pract. Householder Apr. 11/2 Before you bolt up each section, use a mastic between the joints. 6. In extended use: = mastika n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > others koumiss1598 nugs of balm1609 rakia1613 pariah-arrack1671 stalagma1684 fenouillette1706 aguardiente1752 fennel water1757 rakia1778 mahua1810 mahua-arrack1813 kirschwasser1819 mescal1826 still-spirit1832 mobbie1833 zibib1836 potato spirit1839 mowra1846 tequila1849 Jersey lightning1852 petit baume1858 kirsch1869 mastic1876 Hoochinoo1877 mastic brandy1883 mastika1889 hooch1897 ouzo1897 milk-whisky1906 mahua spirit1920 shochu1938 mirabelle1940 tsipouro1947 mahua liquor1961 Mao-tai1962 changaa1975 reposado1982 1876 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 590/2 American whisky, and Dutch gin, Alkermes, Chartreuse, and Greek mastic, made all told a wine list for a king. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 452 In Turkey we always drank mastic on such occasions. 1958 L. Durrell Balthazar xii. 221 The inhabitants of the European city sat at glittering tables stocked with glasses of mastic, aniseed or brandy. 1966 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Company I've Kept viii. 192 They came into the bar of the hotel in which I was staying in Sofia and we celebrated..with numerous glasses of mastik. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. † mastic pill n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1656 Culpepers Ghost 7 in N. Culpeper Two Bks. Physick A Mastich Pill, with a drop of Oyl of Time, than which the Apothecaries Shop knows no more common Medicine. 1697 N. Grew Treat. Salt in Epsom Waters 57 Take of Mastick Pills, two Scruples. mastic seal n. ΚΠ 1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) i. 18 Suppose the letter completed,..and sealed with the mastic seal. mastic timber n. ΚΠ 1833 J. Bennett Artificer's Compl. Lex. 228 Mastic timber, specific gravity per foot cube, 53 lbs. mastic wood n. ΚΠ 1669 H. Stubbe Let. in T. Birch Life R. Boyle (1744) 191 To let you see, what mastick wood will do in the gout. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary iii. 30 And on the Structure next he heaps a load, Of..mastick Wood. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mastich Wood... A tincture is made from it. b. Objective. mastic-chewing n. ΚΠ 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such v. 103 Preliminary media of understanding, such as pipes, chocolate, or mastic-chewing. C2. mastic asphalt n. a dense mixture of bitumen and powdered limestone, often containing gravel or stone chips, used for surfacing footpaths and roofs. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > bitumen-based compositions > asphalt-based compositions rolled asphalt1928 mastic asphalt1930 Somastic1930 1930 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 18 Apr. 182 t/1 The great distinction between rock and mastic asphalts is that, while in the former the incorporation of the bitumen and the mineral base has been effected by nature, in the latter it takes place by human agency. 1991 Better Roads Nov. 7/2 It's interesting to note the recent touting of the wonders of stone mastic asphalt. mastic brandy n. rare = mastika n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > others koumiss1598 nugs of balm1609 rakia1613 pariah-arrack1671 stalagma1684 fenouillette1706 aguardiente1752 fennel water1757 rakia1778 mahua1810 mahua-arrack1813 kirschwasser1819 mescal1826 still-spirit1832 mobbie1833 zibib1836 potato spirit1839 mowra1846 tequila1849 Jersey lightning1852 petit baume1858 kirsch1869 mastic1876 Hoochinoo1877 mastic brandy1883 mastika1889 hooch1897 ouzo1897 milk-whisky1906 mahua spirit1920 shochu1938 mirabelle1940 tsipouro1947 mahua liquor1961 Mao-tai1962 changaa1975 reposado1982 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 621/2 Mastic brandy. mastic-bully n. [see bully n.⁴] = sense 4. ΚΠ 1920 N. L. Britton & C. F. Millspaugh Bahama Flora 321 Sideroxylon foetidissimum... Coppices and scrub-lands... Mastic-bully. 1974 E. L. Little et al. Trees Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands I. 454 Mastic-bully. mastic cement n. a kind of cement used for plastering walls, usually composed of powdered limestone, sand, and litharge, mixed with linseed oil. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > other kinds of cement or mortar maltha?1440 testacyec1440 putty1472 tarras1612 natural cement1753 Roman cement1768 sand mortar1775 Roman cement1800 Parker's cement1811 mastic cement1815 gauge-stuff1823 Portland cement1824 putty cement1825 rust cement1830 matrix1838 terro-cement1838 rust1839 swish1863 Coaguline1868 albolith1870 dagga1878 mastic1881 tripolith1882 grappier1897 pozzolana cement1905 Ciment Fondu1924 snowcrete1928 soil-cement1936 1815 in Titles Patents (1854) 690 A mastic cement or composition, which he denominates Dihl's mastic. 1875 Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) Mastic cement, a mixture of lime, sand, litharge, and linseed-oil. 1938 Amer. Home June 32/1 Walls and ceiling may be covered with structural glass which is manufactured in pleasant, standard colours and is secured by mastic cement. † mastic cloth n. Obsolete rare a type of canvas used for embroidery. ΚΠ 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 342/2 Mastic Cloth. A new variety of canvas, designed for embroidery purposes. It is woven in alternate stripes. † mastic-fly n. Caribbean Obsolete a kind of beetle (not identified) which feeds on the mastic tree Sideroxylon foetidissimum. ΚΠ 1700 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani viii. 66 Capricornus Barbadensis major..from..Barbadoes where they are very plentifull and call'd by them the Mastick-fly. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados iii. 81 The Mastich-fly..derives its name from the Tree it feeds upon. mastic paint n. now rare = mastic cement n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > other kinds of plaster lime-slab1608 roughcast1609 lime and hair1626 parge1649 chunam1687 impastation1728 stuff1812 mastic paint1839 parget1842 Parian cement1858 Madras stucco1859 Keene's cement1869 gatch1886 Parian1886 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 869 Hamelin's mastic or lithic paint to cover the façades of brick buildings, &c. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 87/1 Heat Resisting Mastic Paint. † mastic patch n. Obsolete a patch for the face, either fastened on with mastic or composed of mastic, worn as a remedy for toothache. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress > plaster for toothache mastic patch1598 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 85 Or Gellia wore a veluet Mastick-patch Vpon her temples when no tooth did ache. 1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iii. iii When there was not fire enough to warme a Mastick patch t' apply to his wives Temples In great extremity of toothach. mastic plant n. †(a) cat thyme, Teucrium marum (obsolete); (b) the lentisk or mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > germander plants hindheala1300 ambrosea1350 wild sagea1400 germander?a1425 tetterwosea1500 English treacle1548 garlic-germander1548 scordium1548 wood-sage1571 garlic-sage1597 horse-chire1597 tree germander1597 mountain sage1659 marum1666 teucrium1673 mastic plant1718 thorny germander1822 bitter sage1865 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 80 Mari Syriaci, the Mastick Plant, as some call it. It is reckon'd a kind of Marjoram. 1926 P. M. Shand Bk. Wine x. 264 Chios is also the home of the Mastic plant, whence a horrible liqueur..is made. † mastic shrub n. Obsolete the mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Mediterranean and Middle Eastern > mastic gum tree lentiscusa1398 lentiskc1420 mastic?1440 prickwood1598 schine-tree1609 mastic shrub1682 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 61 Lentiscus, or the Mastick shrub. mastic thyme n. the thyme Thymus mastichina. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > herb mastic mastic1597 mastic thyme1640 marum1666 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 6 Thymum latifolium. Masticke Tyme. 1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II ii. 95 Mastik, Thyme or Marum is increas'd by slips. 1856 Cycl. Nat. Hist. iv. 1062 T[hymus] mastichina, Mastich-Thyme, or Herb-Mastich... It exhales a scent resembling mastich. mastic varnish n. a fine pale varnish used to protect paintings (cf. megilp n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > varnish mastic varnish1510 white varnish1560 varnish1633 brush-varnish1875 1510 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 199 Mastyke vernysch. 1841 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 78 The picture has just been varnished with mastick varnish. 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art at Gumption The formula..gives a mixture of drying linseed oil and mastic varnish, which gelatinises. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). masticv. Brit. /ˈmastɪk/, U.S. /ˈmæstɪk/ Forms: see mastic n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mastic n. Etymology: < mastic n. Compare Middle French, French mastiquer (16th cent.), French masticher (Cotgrave, 1611). rare. transitive. To treat with a preparation of mastic; to fasten or stick with mastic. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with other materials rosin1357 tallowa1400 oildreg?1440 overlute1527 mastica1538 flock1567 gum1612 betallow1638 begum1730 roset1773 soft-soap1833 French-chalk1870 brasque1880 vaseline1891 a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 91, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mastik I consall at dewot persone to euirilk day tak ane puynt of it & mastik in thi mynd with teris. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 217 Masticking them over very Artificially,..to elevate both the Figures and Letters with the Vernish. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 Aug. 16 The secret lies in the leading edge of the flashing being caulked or masticed into the masonry mortar joint slit. Derivatives † masticking n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 91/1 [Jewellers' terms.] Masticking, is setting a Black between the Stones to set them off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1398v.a1538
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masticn.adj.

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masticv.

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