See Also: vaginant(medicine)
vaginant(dictionary)

matt (iou) and vaginant (medicine)


matt (iou)



matt verb trans. [mat] Also mat (infl. -tt-). E17.
[In senses 1 and 2 from French mater, from mat MATT adjective. In sense 3 from MATT noun1.]
Make (colours etc.) dull; give a matt appearance to; frost (glass). E17.
In glass-painting, cover (glass) with a layer of colour smoothed over with a soft brush. L19.
Mount (a print etc.) on a cardboard backing; provide (a print etc.) with a border. Chiefly as matted ppl adjective, matting verbal noun. M20.

vaginant (medicine)


vaginant


Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.

<botany> Vaginant leaf, a leaf Investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.

Origin: Cf. F. Vaginant. See Vagina.

Source: Websters Dictionary