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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

M`AST, n. A long, round piece of timber, elevated or designed to be raised perpendicularly or nearly so, on the keel of a ship or other vessel, to which the yards,sails and rigging are attached, and by which they are supported. A mast is a single stick, formed from the trunk of a tree, or it consists of many pieces of timber united by iron bands. Masts are of several kinds, as the main-mast, fore-mast, mizzen-mast, top-mast, top-gallant-mast, etc.
M`AST, n. The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns. [It has no plural.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a vertical spar for supporting sails
2: nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
3: nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
4: any sturdy upright pole

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mæst; akin to Old High German mast mast, Latin malus Date: before 12th century 1. a long pole or spar rising from the keel or deck of a ship and supporting the yards, booms, and rigging 2. a slender vertical or nearly vertical structure (as an upright post in various cranes) 3. a disciplinary proceeding at which the commanding officer of a naval unit hears and disposes of cases against enlisted men — called also captain's mast • masted adjective II. transitive verb Date: circa 1513 to furnish with a mast III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mæst; akin to Old High German mast food, mast, and probably to Old English mete food — more at meat Date: before 12th century nuts (as acorns) accumulated on the forest floor and often serving as food for animals

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, esp. to support sails. 2 a post or lattice-work upright for supporting a radio or television aerial. 3 a flag-pole (half-mast). 4 (in full mooring-mast) a strong steel tower to the top of which an airship can be moored. --v.tr. furnish (a ship) with masts. Phrases and idioms: before the mast serving as an ordinary seaman (quartered in the forecastle). Derivatives: masted adj. (also in comb.). master n. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE mæst f. WG 2. n. the fruit of the beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest-trees, esp. as food for pigs. Etymology: OE mæst f. WG, prob. rel. to MEAT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mast Mast, n. [AS. m[ae]st, 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 mast Of some great ammiral.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mast Mast, v. 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 ship.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mast Mast, n. [AS. m[ae]st, fem.; akin to G. mast, and E. meat. See Meat.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mast Mast, n. (A["e]ronautics) A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(masts) 1. The masts of a boat are the tall upright poles that support its sails. N-COUNT 2. A radio mast is a tall upright structure that is used to transmit radio or television signals. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2, (3); 3.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Nuts, pannage, pawns, pawnage.

Moby Thesaurus

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