mast

mast
    n 1: a vertical spar for supporting sails
    2: nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on
       the ground
    3: nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
    4: any sturdy upright pole
    

Mast \Mast\ (m[.a]st), n. [AS. maest, fem.; akin to G. mast, and
   E. meat. See {Meat}.]
   The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts;
   acorns.
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         Oak mast, and beech, . . . they eat.     --Chapman.
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         Swine under an oak filling themselves with the mast.
                                                  --South.
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Mast \Mast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Masting}.]
   To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in
   position; as, to mast a ship.
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Mast \Mast\, n. [AS. maest, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw.
   mast, Icel. mastr, and perh. to L. malus.]
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   1. (Naut.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or
      spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the
      sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of
      several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a
      hollow pillar of iron or steel.
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            The tallest pine
            Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast
            Of some great ammiral.                --Milton.
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   Note: The most common general names of masts are {foremast},
         {mainmast}, and {mizzenmast}, each of which may be made
         of separate spars.
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   2. (Mach.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
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   3. (Aeronautics) A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys
      are attached for stiffening purposes.
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   {Afore the mast}, {Before the mast}. See under {Afore}, and
      {Before}.

   {Mast coat}. See under {Coat}.

   {Mast hoop}, one of a number of hoops attached to the fore
      edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is
      raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in
      making a made mast. See {Made}.
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144 Moby Thesaurus words for "mast":
      advocate, alpenstock, antenna tower, arm, athletic supporter, back,
      backbone, backing, bandeau, barbican, bare pole, bearer, belfry,
      bell tower, boom, bowsprit, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere,
      bumpkin, buttress, campanile, cane, carrier, cervix, club,
      colossus, column, corset, crook, crossjack yard, crosstree, crutch,
      cupola, derrick, dolphin striker, dome, fire tower,
      flying jib boom, fore jack, fore-skysail mast, fore-skysail yard,
      fore-topgallant mast, fore-topgallant yard, fore-topmast, foremast,
      foreroyal mast, foreroyal yard, foreyard, foundation garment,
      fulcrum, gaff, girdle, gooseneck, guy, guywire, jack, jib boom,
      jock, jockstrap, king post, lantern, lazy jack, lighthouse,
      lower boom, main-royal mast, main-royal yard, main-skysail mast,
      main-topgallant mast, mainmast, mainstay, maintainer, martello,
      martello tower, masthead, minaret, mizzen, mizzen-royal mast,
      mizzenmast, monument, neck, obelisk, observation tower, pagoda,
      pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, prop, pylon, pyramid, reinforce,
      reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging, shaft,
      shoulder, shroud, skysail yard, skyscraper, spanker boom,
      spanker gaff, spar, spars, spine, spire, spreader, sprit, staff,
      standing rigging, standpipe, stave, stay, steeple, stick,
      stiffener, strengthener, stupa, support, supporter, sustainer,
      tack bumpkin, television mast, timber, tope, topgallant mast,
      topgallant yard, topmast, tour, tower, tree, turret, upholder,
      walking stick, water tower, whisker boom, whisker pole,
      windmill tower, yard, yardarm