Vocabulary : Matronly to Mattered

Matronly : Advanced in years; elderly. ;; Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.
Matronymic : See Metronymic.
Matross : Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.
Matt : See Matte.
Mattages : A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.

Mattamore : A subterranean repository for wheat.
Matte : A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color. ;; A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.
Matted : of Mat ;; Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding. ;; Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor. ;; Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.
Matter : That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment. ;; That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance. ;; That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme. ;; That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business. ;; Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like. ;; Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble. ;; Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite
Mattered : of Matter

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