mast

Definitions

1. Initialism of military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. tree (a perennial woody plant)
3. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).
4. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.
   countable, uncountable
5. The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
   slang, uncountable
6. A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.
   obsolete
7. A surname.
8. tree (any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree)
9. A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
10. tree (any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices)
11. mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)

Equivalents

Examples

“She ſhut them ſtraight in ſties; and gaue them meate / Oke-maſt, and beech, and Cornell fruite, they eate, […]”

“The Winter comes, and then the falling Maſt, / For greedy Swine, provides a full repaſt.”

“[T]hey feed⟳ and grovel like⟳ Swine under an Oak, filling themſelves with the Maſt, but never ſo much as looking up, either to the Bows that bore, or the Hands that ſhook it down.”

“He […] would begin⟳ to pick⟳ up the seed-cases or mast, squeeze⟳ each one with his fingers to see⟳ if it were fertile, and drop it if it were not.”

“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.”

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