masker

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Verb

masker (maskers, present participle maskering; past and past participle maskered)

1. (transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To render giddy or senseless
2. (intransitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To be bewildered.
3. (transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To choke; stifle.
4. (transitive, now, chiefly, dialectal) To decay; rust.

Synonyms

• (render giddy) confuse, bewilder, stupefy

Noun

masker (plural maskers)

1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.
   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Masque of the Red Death’:

     But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the seven, there are now none of the maskers who venture; for the night is waning away […].

2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

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