noun. The nuts of forest trees accumulated on the ground, formerly used as food for swine.

noun. A tall vertical spar, sometimes sectioned, that rises from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails and the standing and running rigging.

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noun. A vertical pole.

noun. A tall vertical antenna, as for a radio.

noun. A captain's mast.

To fix a mast or masts in; supply with a mast or masts; erect the masts of: as, to mast a ship.

noun. The fruit of the oak and beech or other forest-trees; acorns or nuts collectively, serving as food for animals.

noun. A pole or pillar of round timber, or of tubular iron or steel, secured at the lower end to the keel of a vessel, and rising into the air above the deck to support the yards, sails, and rigging in general.

noun. Any tall pole.

noun. The main upright member of a derrick or crane, against which the boom abuts.

To feed on mast.

noun. The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.

transitive verb. To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position.

noun. 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.

noun. The vertical post of a derrick or crane.

noun. A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.

noun. See under Afore, and Before.

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noun. See under Coat.

noun. one of a number of hoops attached to the fore edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in making a made mast. See Made.

noun. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for examples, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

verb. To supply and fit a mast to a ship

noun. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.

verb. To feed on forest seed or fruit.

verb. To vary fruit and seed production in multi-year cycles.

noun. any sturdy upright pole

noun. nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

noun. nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground

noun. a vertical spar for supporting sails

"We very soon carried out this project, and all of us working away to join our handkerchiefs, we had by the next afternoon a big flag flying from what we called our mast-head."

afore the mast  at the mast  bonaventure mast  captain of the mast  column  

before the mast  

boom  crow's nest  flagpole  foretop  maintop  

foremast  mainmast  masted  masting  mizzenmast  

feed  nut  pole  provender  

Nast  aghast  amassed  asked  ast  

anchor  beam  boat  bow  cable  

acorns  advocate  alpenstock  antenna tower  arm  

masted  masting  masts