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-1 n. பாய், கால் துடைக்கும் இரட்டு, (வினை) பாயிடு, பாயிட்டு முடு, மயிர் வகையில் சிக்குப்பிடிக்க வை, சடையாகு.-2 n. சட்டமிடப்பட்ட படத்தின் ளியற்ற பொன்னிற விளிம்பு, வண்ண விளிம்புக்கரைக்கட்.டு, வௌளை வரைக்கட்டு, துலக்கப்படாத பொன்னின் தோற்றம், சரவையான தள வேலைகப்பாடு, கரட்டுத்தளமிடும் அழுத்து கருவி, நிலையச்சு அழுத்துப்படிவம், (பெயரடை) மங்கலான, ஔதயற்ற, (வினை) மங்கலாக்
Mat, n. Etym: [Cf. Matte.] Defn: A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also matt.] Mat, a. Etym: [OF. See 4th Mate.] Defn: Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.] When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer. Mat, n. Etym: [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 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, v. 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. Mat, v. i. Defn: To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat. Mat, n. Etym: [Cf. Matte.] Defn: A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also matt.] Mat, a. Etym: [OF. See 4th Mate.] Defn: Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.] When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer. Mat, n. Etym: [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 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, v. 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. Mat, v. i. Defn: To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.