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dis⋅mast

  [dis-mast, -mahst]
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–verb (used with object)
to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of.
Origin:
1740–50; dis- 1 + mast 1

Related forms:
dis⋅mast⋅ment, noun
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Dismastment

Dis*mast"ment\, n. The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.] --Marshall.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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