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Webster 1913 Edition


Overmast

Oˊver-mast′

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Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overmast

OVERM'AST

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Verb.
T.
To furnish with a mast or with masts that are too long or too heavy for the weight of keel.

Definition 2024


overmast

overmast

English

Verb

overmast (third-person singular simple present overmasts, present participle overmasting, simple past and past participle overmasted)

  1. To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.
    1838, Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (editor), The works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 6,
    The double desire of being able to overtake a weaker flying enemy, or to escape when pursued by a stronger, has induced the owners to overmast their cruisers, and to spread too much canvass; ...