Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) 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. 2. (n.) That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. 3. (n.) A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. 4. (n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. 5. (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron. 6. (n.) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. 7. (n.) A screen for a battery. 8. (n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. 9. (v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. 10. (v. t.) To disguise; to cover; to hide. 11. (v. t.) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. 12. (v. t.) 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. 13. (v. i.) To take part as a masker in a masquerade. 14. (v. i.) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.

Multi-Version Concordance Mask (3 Occurrences) Mark 12:40 and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment." (WEY) Luke 20:47 who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others." (WEY) 1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness), (See NIV)