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[mast-hed, mahst-] 
–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.
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–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. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Masthead
Mast"head`\, n. (Naut.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.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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