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mast

1  [mast, mahst]
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–noun
1. Nautical.
a. a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
b. any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
c. any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
2. Also called pillar. the upright support of a jib crane.
3. any upright pole, as a support for an aerial, a post in certain cranes, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to provide with a mast or masts.
—Idiom
5. before the mast, Nautical. as an unlicensed sailor: He served several years before the mast.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE mæst; c. G Mast; akin to L mālus pole

Related forms:
mastless, adjective
mastlike, adjective
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mast

2  [mast, mahst]
–noun
the fruit of the oak and beech or other forest trees, used as food for hogs and other animals.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE mæst; c. G Mast; akin to meat

mast-

 
var. of masto- before a vowel: mastectomy.

masto-

 
a combining form meaning “breast,” used in the formation of compound words: mastopathy.
Also, especially before a vowel, mast-.

Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk mastós breast
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mast 1   (māst)   
n.  

  1. Nautical 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.

    1. A vertical pole.

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

  3. A captain's mast.


[Middle English, from Old English mæst.]
mast 2   (māst)   
n.  The nuts of forest trees accumulated on the ground, used especially as food for swine.

[Middle English, from Old English mæst.]
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Word Origin & History

mast  (1)
"long pole on a ship to support the sail," O.E. mæst, from P.Gmc. *mastaz (cf. O.N. mastr, Du., Ger. mast), from PIE *mazdos "a pole, rod" (cf. L. malus "mast," O.Ir. matan "club," Ir. maide "a stick," O.C.S. mostu "bridge"). Masthead is from 1748 as "top of a ship's mast" (the place for the display of flags), hence, from 1838, "top of a newspaper." The single mast of an old ship was the boundary between quarters of officers and crew, hence before the mast in the title of Dana's book, etc.

mast  (2)
"fallen nuts; food for swine," O.E. mæst, from P.Gmc. *mastaz (cf. Du., Ger. mast "mast," O.E. verb mæsten "to fatten, feed"), perhaps from PIE *mazdo-/*maddo- "to be fat, to flow" (cf. Skt. meda "fat," Goth. mats "food," see meat).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: MAST
Function: abbreviation
military antishock trousers
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Medical Dictionary

mast- pref.
Variant of masto-.

masto- or mast-
pref.
Breast; mammary gland; nipple: mastectomy.

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Idioms & Phrases

mast

see at half-mast.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MAST
military antishock trousers
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Encyclopedia

mast

in botany, nuts or fruits of trees and shrubs, such as beechnuts, acorns, and berries, that accumulate on the forest floor, providing forage for game animals and swine. Mast has also been used as human food and to fatten poultry. The phrase "a good mast year" refers to a period in which there is a heavy crop of wild nuts

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