Mat \Mat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Matting.]
1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn.
2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or
like, a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
--Dryden.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Mat \Mat\, n. [Cf. Matte.]
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin,
iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also
matt.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of
rushes.]
1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or
similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at
the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and
for other purposes.
2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant
houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table,
securing rigging from friction, and the like.
3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to
resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a
mat of hair.
4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal,
etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
Mat grass. (Bot.)
(a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta).
(b) Same as Matweed.
Mat rush (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used
in England for making mats.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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