[W/K] :: Mast

  Mast \Mast\ (m[.a]st), n. [AS. maest, fem.; akin to G. mast, and
     E. meat. See Meat.]
     The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts;
     acorns.
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           Oak mast, and beech, . . . they eat.     --Chapman.
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           Swine under an oak filling themselves with the mast.
                                                    --South.
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  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.
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  Mast \Mast\, n. [AS. maest, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw.
     mast, Icel. mastr, and perh. to L. malus.]
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     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.
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              The tallest pine
              Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast
              Of some great ammiral.                --Milton.
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     Note: The most common general names of masts are foremast,
           mainmast, and mizzenmast, each of which may be made
           of separate spars.
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     2. (Mach.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
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     3. (Aeronautics) A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys
        are attached for stiffening purposes.
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     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.
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  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

  144 Moby Thesaurus words for "mast":
     advocate, alpenstock, antenna tower, arm, athletic supporter, back,
     backbone, backing, bandeau, barbican, bare pole, bearer, belfry,
     bell tower, boom, bowsprit, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere,
     bumpkin, buttress, campanile, cane, carrier, cervix, club,
     colossus, column, corset, crook, crossjack yard, crosstree, crutch,
     cupola, derrick, dolphin striker, dome, fire tower,
     flying jib boom, fore jack, fore-skysail mast, fore-skysail yard,
     fore-topgallant mast, fore-topgallant yard, fore-topmast, foremast,
     foreroyal mast, foreroyal yard, foreyard, foundation garment,
     fulcrum, gaff, girdle, gooseneck, guy, guywire, jack, jib boom,
     jock, jockstrap, king post, lantern, lazy jack, lighthouse,
     lower boom, main-royal mast, main-royal yard, main-skysail mast,
     main-topgallant mast, mainmast, mainstay, maintainer, martello,
     martello tower, masthead, minaret, mizzen, mizzen-royal mast,
     mizzenmast, monument, neck, obelisk, observation tower, pagoda,
     pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, prop, pylon, pyramid, reinforce,
     reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging, shaft,
     shoulder, shroud, skysail yard, skyscraper, spanker boom,
     spanker gaff, spar, spars, spine, spire, spreader, sprit, staff,
     standing rigging, standpipe, stave, stay, steeple, stick,
     stiffener, strengthener, stupa, support, supporter, sustainer,
     tack bumpkin, television mast, timber, tope, topgallant mast,
     topgallant yard, topmast, tour, tower, tree, turret, upholder,
     walking stick, water tower, whisker boom, whisker pole,
     windmill tower, yard, yardarm