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Webster 1913 Edition

Mat

Mat

(măt)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Matte
.]
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
[Written also
matt
.]

Mat

,
Adj.
[OF. See 4th
Mate
.]
Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
[Obs.]
When he saw them so piteous and so
maat
.
Chaucer.
3.
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.
4.
An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
as, the
mat
of a daguerreotype
.
Mat grass
.
(Bot.)
(a)
A low, tufted, European grass (
Nardus stricta
)
.
(b)
Same as
Matweed
.
–
Mat rush
(Bot.)
,
a kind of rush (
Scirpus lacustris
) used in England for making mats.

Mat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Matted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Matting
.]
1.
To cover or lay with mats.
Evelyn.
2.
To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
And o’er his eyebrows hung his
matted
hair.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mat

MAT

,
Noun.
[L. matta.]
1.
A texture of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, or other material, to be laid on a floor for cleaning the boots and shoes of those who enter a house, and for other purposes.
2.
A web of rope-yard, used in ships to secure the standing rigging from the friction of the yards, &c.

MAT

,
Verb.
T.
To cover or lay with mats.
1.
To twist together; to interweave like a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
2.
To press together; to lay flat; as matted grass.

Definition 2024

mát

mát

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

Faroese

Noun

mát n (genitive singular máts, plural mát)

  1. measure
  2. measuring tool / device / instrument
  3. unit of measurement
Declension
n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mát mátið mát mátini
Accusative mát mátið mát mátini
Dative máti mátinum mátum mátunum
Genitive máts mátsins máta mátanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mát (‘checkmate’).

Noun

mát n (genitive singular máts, uncountable)

  1. (chess) checkmate
Declension
n3s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mát mátið
Accusative mát mátið
Dative máti mátinum
Genitive máts mátsins
Derived terms

Etymology 3

? From English mate.

Noun

mát n (no declension)

  1. (in expressions) mate, friend

Hungarian

Etymology

ma +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːt]
  • Hyphenation: mát

Noun

mát

  1. accusative singular of ma

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mauːt/
    Rhymes: -auːt

Noun

mát n ‎(genitive singular máts, nominative plural mát)

  1. (chess) checkmate

Declension

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

mát

  1. cool (weather)

Etymology

From Old Norse mát (‘measure’).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɔaːʰt]

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