From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Masked \Masked\, a.
1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks;
concealed; hidden.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Personate.
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3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing
decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said
of birds.
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Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
Masked battery (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be
seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
Masked crab (Zool.), a European crab (Corystes
cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat
resembling a human face.
Masked pig (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog (Sus
pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed.
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