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n. Material formed into or considered as a mat: The forest floor had a thick matting of pine needles.

n. A coarsely woven fabric used for covering floors and similar purposes.

n. The activity of making mats.

n. A dull surface or finish.

n. The process of dulling a surface, as of metal.

n. mats, a collection of ground coverings

n. coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats

n. a dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures; matte

v. Present participle of mat.

n. The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.

n. Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc.

n. Materials for mats.

n. An ornamental border. See 3d Mat, 4.

n. A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.

n. Materials for mats; matwork.

n. A fabric of some coarse material, as rushes, flags, grass, straw, hemp, bamboo, etc., used for covering floors, as a packing for some kinds of goods, and for various other purposes.

n. Nautical, a texture made of strands of old rope, or of spun-yarn, beaten flat and interwoven, used to prevent chafing.

n. The mat of a picture.—

n. The act or process of producing a dull or roughened surface on metal; specifically, the process of covering plates with varnish in gilding on water-size.

n. A dull, slightly roughened surface, free from polish, produced by the use of the mat.

n. In stained glass, color laid on to deaden a surface or to render glass less transparent.

n. mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture

n. a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)

"Wrapped in matting, well oiled, free from rust, and brand new, two Winchesters were first unearthed."

mounting    covering   

russia matting    grass matting    indian-matting plant    india matting    cocoanut matting    canton matting   

mat   

mat    matte   

batting    chatting    combating    combatting    gatting    patting   

mat    mattress    covering    rug    muslin    twine    hemp    upholstery    linoleum    linen