- Pretence or disguise - An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing
themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. - A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See
1st Mask, 4. - Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of
something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise. - A Spanish diversion on horseback. - To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. - To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a
pretentious show of being what one is not.