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Definition of mast

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Mast (n.) 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..

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Housing :: Housing (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.

Dominie :: Dominie (n.) A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.

Sternothyroid :: Sternomastoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.

Trestletree :: Trestletree (n.) One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural..

Top-tackle :: Top-tackle (n.) A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.

Foreyard :: Foreyard (n.) The lowermost yard on the foremast.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.

Masty :: Masty (a.) Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc..

Fury :: Fury (n.) Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.

Topgallant :: Topgallant (n.) A topgallant mast or sail.

Maister :: Maister (n.) Master.

Masticated :: Masticated (imp. & p. p.) of Masticat.

Shears :: Shears (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle..

Pitiless :: Pitiless (a.) Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements..

Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..

Servitude :: Servitude (n.) The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence..

Mastigure :: Mastigure (n.) Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.

Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.

Gantline :: Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

Yardarm :: Yardarm (n.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end..