se masturber, v.r., to commit self-pollution.
masulipatan, n.m., calico (sort of).
masure, n.f., ruins; hovel, hut, tumble-down house.
mat (mat), -e, adj., unpolished, dead, dull; flat, insipid; heavy, sodden; (chess) mated, checkmated. Or —; unpolished gold. Coloris —; dim coloring. Broderie —e; heavy embroidery.
mat (mat), n.m., (chess) mate; (tech.) deadening. Donner, faire, échec et —; to checkmate.
mât (mâ) n.m., mast; pole. Le grand —; the main-mast. — de perroquet; top-gallant-mast. — de beaupré; bowsprit. — de misaine; fore-mast. — d’artimon; mizzen-mast. Bas — de misaine; lower fore-mast. Petit — de hune; top-mast. — de perroquet de fougue; mizzen top-mast. — de perruche; mizzen top-gallant-mast. — à pible; pole mast. — vertical; mast on end. —s inclinés vers l’arrière; masts hanging abaft. — d’un brin; mast of one piece of wood only. — d’assemblage; made mast. — forcé; mast which is sprung. — jumelé, reclampé, renforcé; mast fished (in a weak place or opposite any spring). — de pavillon; ensign staff. —s de hune de rechange; spare top-masts. —s majeurs; standing masts. Aller à —s et à cordes; to scud under bare poles. —s venus à bas; disabled masts. Caler les —s; to lower the masts. Lieu d’un —; station of a mast. Mettre, or guinder, les —s de hune; to heave the top-masts on end. — de fortune; jury mast. — de rechange; spare mast. — de cocagne; greasy pole.
matador, n.m., matador; matadore (at play); magnate, big wig.
mâtage, n.m., masting (of a ship).
matamore, n.m., hector, bully.