matrass

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10
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7

Definition of matrass

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A bolt for a crossbow.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A bolt for a crossbow.
  2. (archaic)A type of bolthead flask used in chemical distillation.
    “So the learn’d Alchemist exulting sees / Rise in his bright matrass Diana’s trees […].”

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman matraz (“shaft, dart”), Middle French materas, from an unattested post-classical variant of Latin mataris, materis (“Gaulish throwing-spear”), from a Gaulish language.

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