Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mast \Mast\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for
stiffening purposes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mast
n 1: a vertical spar for supporting sails
2: nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated
on the ground; used especially as food for swine
3: nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
4: any sturdy upright pole
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