[mast-hed, mahst-] 
| 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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| 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. |
| 7. | Nautical. run up to the head of a mast: masthead rig. |
| mast·head (māst'hěd') n.
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