| Mat (mat) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Mat |
| [Cf. Matte.] |
A
name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.,
usually called white metal.
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Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
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A
fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar
material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for
covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other
purposes.
Any similar fabric for various uses, as
for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a
table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
Anything growing thickly, or closely
interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a
mat of weeds; a mat of hair.
An ornamental border made of paper,
pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed
picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
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To cover or lay with
mats.
To twist, twine, or felt together] to
interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
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To grow thick together;
to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.
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