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Vinony

mast

noun

  1. naval, non-judicial punishment disciplinary hearing
  2. variant of pole used to hang something for a specific purpose, often fastened with multiple lines to withstand high winds
  3. pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mɑːst/ / /mæst/

name

Etymology: * As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”). * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.

  1. A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.

    “Godfrey thus conquered, pretended to lose his temper, curs'd his own ill luck, swore that the table had a cast, and that the balls did not run true, changed his mast, and with great warmth challenged his enemy to double his sum.”

verb

Etymology: From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.

  1. To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  2. To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.

    “Any individual tree which masted in a generally non-mast year would be subjected to the exclusive attention of the seed predators and so would be selected against.”

    “However, if this were true, all or most masting species (e.g., Fagus and Quercus) in a forest would have to mast in synchrony to be effective against generalist herbivores.”