'Masked' definitions:

Definition of 'Masked'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To disguise; to cover; to hide. [1913 Webster]
  • Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Masked'

From: GCIDE
  • Masked \Masked\, a.
  • 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) Same as Personate. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]