Vocabulary : Mash to Mask shell

Mash : A mesh. ;; A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. ;; A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. ;; A mess; trouble. ;; To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.
Mashed : of Mash
Masher : One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash. ;; A charmer of women.
Mashie : Alt. of Mashy
Mashies : of Mashy

Mashing : of Mash
Mashlin : See Maslin.
Mashy : Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash. ;; A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.
Mask : A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask. ;; That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. ;; A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. ;; A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. ;; A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron. ;; In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. ;; A screen for a battery. ;; The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. ;; To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. ;; To disguise; to cover; to hide. ;; To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. ;; To cover or keep in check; as, to mask
Mask shell : Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.