5 definitions found
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 1.6 [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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