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matachin Obs. exc. Antiq.|mætəˈʃiːn|
Forms: 6 machachina, 6–7 matachine, 7 matachina, mattachene, -in(e, (mattasin), 7–8 mattacina, 6– matachin.
[a. F. matachin (16th c.: now matassin), a. Sp. matachin (= It. mattacino), conjectured to be a. Arab. mutawajjihīn, pr. pple. plural of tawajjaha to assume a mask, denominative verb from wajh face.]
1. A kind of sword-dancer in a fantastic costume.
1582–3Acc. Revels Crt. (Shaks. Soc. 1842) 177, xxjti⊇ yards of cotten for the Matachins. 1591Harington tr. Ariosto vi. lxi. 45 Monstrous of shape and of an vgly hew, Like masking Machachinas all disguised. 1622tr. Luna's Pursuit Lazarillo xvi. 173 They..looked one vpon another as if they had beene Matachines. 1807Douce Illustr. Shaks. II. 435 [A dance] well known in France and Italy by the name of the dance of fools, or Matachins. 1896Edin. Rev. Apr. 344.
†2. A dance performed by matachins. Obs.
App. performed by three dancers, representing a triangular duel: see quot. a 1586, and quot. 1624 (Smith) in 3.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1590) 74 b, Who euer sawe a matachin daunce to imitate fighting, this was a fight that did imitate the matachin: for they being but three that fought, euerie one had [two] aduersaries. 1596Harington Anat. Metam. Ajax L ij b, Such as I haue seene in stage-playes when they daunce Machachinas. 1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. ii. Magnif. 873 Th' Antike, Morisko, and the Mattachine. 1612Webster White Devil L 4 b (near end), Lod. We haue brought you a Maske. Fla. A matachine it seems, By your drawne swords. 1624Heywood Gunaik. v. 215 The Matachine or sword daunce.
b. transf. and fig.
1594Nashe Terrors Nt. Wks. (Grosart) III. 280 The night is for you with a blacke saunt or a matachine. 1622Bacon Henry VII 36 He was taken into seruice..to a base office in his Kitchin; so that (in a kind of Mattacina of humane fortune) Hee turned a Broach, that had worne a Crowne. a1625Fletcher Elder Brother v. i. But that I'me patient,..Ide daunce a matachin with you, Should make you sweat your best blood for't. 1660Wither Spec. Speculat. 26 We may thereby perchance, Ere many Springs, compelled be to dance Another Matachin. 1677R. Cary Chronol. ii. i. i. xiv. 129 Acting in a Matachin of Discord.
c. The music for a matachin dance.
1589? Lyly Pappe w. Hatchet Wks. 1902 III. 413, I must tune my fiddle, and fetch some more rozen, that it maie squeake out Martins Matachine.
3. attrib., as matachin dance, matachin suit, matachin war.
1584Acc. Revels Crt. (Shaks. Soc. 1842) 188, xxxti⊇ ells of sarcenet for fowre matachyne sutes. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (1590) 123 One time he daunced the Matachine daunce in armour. 1624T. Scott Belg. Souldier 10 They deposed one another, and as it were with a Mattachene dance of disorders many times three or foure at once followed their Competitors with whole armies of revenge. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia 177 Concluding a tripartite peace of their Matachin warre. |