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mate(3) (iou) and occipital anchorage (medicine)


mate(3) (iou)



mate noun2. ME.
[Middle Low German mate, gemate (Flemish gemaat, Dutch maat) = Old High German gimmao, from West Germanic bases of Y- (denoting association), MEAT noun, the lit. sense being 'messmate'.]
a. A creature, a fellow, a chap. Freq. contempt. ME-E17.
b. A companion, a fellow, a comrade, a friend; a fellow worker. LME.
be mates with, go mates with be an associate or partner of.
P. Barker She expected to see two of his mates but no, the men were strangers. New Society I was with my mate, John's brother.playmate, running mate, schoolmate, etc.
c. (With specifying word.) A person with whom one shares accommodation. M17.
cabin-mate, cell-mate, flat-mate, room-mate, etc.
d. A helper or assistant to a more skilled worker. L19.
Used as a form of address to an equal. colloq. LME.
S. L. Elliott Well, wellpleased to meet you mate. Listener Look, mate, we live here.
Nautical.
a. The rank of officer on a merchant ship next below that of master, divided into first mate, second mate, third mate, etc., according to seniority; an officer of this rank. L15.
W. H. Gray An old scholar, who was first mate on board a ship.
b. An assistant to an officer on board ship. L15.
BOATSWAIN's mate. master's mate: see MASTER noun1.
c. An assistant to a warrant officer in the US navy. L19.
A suitable associate or (formerly) adversary; an equal, a match. arch. M16.
a. A partner in Marriage. Formerly also (rare), a lover. M16.
b. Either of a pair of animals. L16.
B. Gilroy Like a bird calling for its mate she called and called for Danny.
Either of a pair of things; a counterpart, a parallel; spec. a solid or fixed point on a railway line which pairs or mates with the movable tongue or switch on the Other rail. L16.
N. Marsh The glove is Mrs. Wilde's...She wore the mate yesterday.
matehood noun = MATESHIP 1 E20.
mateless adjective L16.

occipital anchorage (medicine)


occipital anchorage
Anchorage in which the top and back of the head are used for resistance by means of a headgear.