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Webster 1913 Edition
Mast
Mast
(mȧst)
, Noun.
The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.
Oak
mast
, and beech, . . . they eat. Chapman.
Swine under an oak filling themselves with the
mast
. South.
Mast
,Noun.
[AS.
maest
, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. mast
, Icel. mastr
, and perh. to L. malus
.] 1.
(Naut.)
A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.
The tallest pine
Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the
Of some great ammiral.
Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the
mast
Of some great ammiral.
Milton.
☞ The most common general names of
masts
are foremast
, mainmast
, and mizzenmast
, each of which may be made of separate spars. 2.
(Mach.)
The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
Mast
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Masted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Masting
.] To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position;
as, to
. mast
a shipWebster 1828 Edition
Mast
M`AST
,Noun.
M`AST
,Noun.