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adjective

Masked adj.

Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.

(Bot.) Same as Personate.

(Zool.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; said of birds.

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.

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.

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Etymology of 'Masked ball'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Masked ball" Quotes from Famous Books

... the most wretched place to go to; it is the least practical of all places," said Henri Mauperin. "What a state agriculture is in there—and trade, too! One day in Florence at a masked ball I asked the waiter at a restaurant if they would be open all night. 'Oh, no, sir,' he said, 'we should have too many people here.' That's a fact, I heard it myself, and that shows you what the country is. When ...

— Rene Mauperin • Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt

... own day. "The Duel after the Masquerade" opens for us a corner of the Bois de Boulogne—the fashionable park on the outskirts of Paris—where in the still dawn of a winter's day, a group of men are met to witness a duel between two of their companions who have quarrelled at a masked ball. The ground is covered with a light fall of snow; the bare branches of the trees weave their network across the gray sky, and in the distance we see the carriages that have brought the disputants to the field. The duel is over. One of the men, dressed in the costume of Pierrot, ...

— Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) • Various