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mast·head    Audio Help   [mast-hed, mahst-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Also called flag. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
2.Also called nameplate. a line of type on the front page of a newspaper or the cover of a periodical giving the name of the publication.
3.Nautical.
a.the head of a mast.
b.the uppermost point of a mast.
–verb (used with object) Nautical.
4.to hoist a yard to the fullest extent.
5.to hoist to the truck of a mast, as a flag.
6.to send to the upper end of a mast as a punishment.
–adjective
7.Nautical. run up to the head of a mast: masthead rig.

[Origin: 1740–50; mast1 + head]
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mast·head    Audio Help   (māst'hěd')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Nautical The top of a mast.
  2. The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation.
  3. The title of a newspaper or periodical as it appears across the first page, front cover, or title page of each issue. Also called nameplate.

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masthead

noun
1. a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. 
2. the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page 
3. the head or top of a mast 

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Masthead

Mast"head`\, n. (Naut.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Masthead

Mast"head"\, v. t. (Naut.) To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment. --Marryat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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