MASTED

masted

(adjective) having or furnished with a mast; often used in combination; “probably was so masted when she set forth”- S.E.Morrison; “a three-masted bark”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

masted (not comparable)

Having masts.

Verb

masted

simple past tense and past participle of mast

Anagrams

• demast, madest

Source: Wiktionary


Mast"ed, a.

Definition: Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner.

MAST

Mast, n. Etym: [AS. mæst, fem. ; akin to G. mast, and E. meat. See Meat.]

Definition: 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.

Mast, n. Etym: [AS. mæst, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. mast, Icel. mastr, and perh. to L. malus.]

1. (Naut.)

Definition: 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. Milton.

Note: The most common general names of masts are foremast, mainmast, and mizzenmast, each of which may be made of separate spars.

2. (Mach.)

Definition: The vertical post of a derrick or crane. Afore the mast, Before the mast. See under Afore, and Before.

– Mast coat. See under Coat.

– Mast hoop, 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.

Mast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masted; p. pr. & vb. n. Masting.]

Definition: To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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