Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Matted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matted \Mat"ted\, a. [See {Matte}.]
Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or
gilding.
{Matted glass}, glass ornamented with figures on a dull
ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matted \Mat"ted\, a. [See 3d {Mat}.]
1. Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.
2. Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering
closely together; as, matted hair.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
matted
adj 1: tangled in a dense mass; "tried to push through the matted
undergowth"
2: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: {flat}, {mat}, {matt},
{matte}]
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