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A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, e…

Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes…

Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the…

A counter, used in various games.

The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.

A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and confo…

A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.

A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

Having the heaves.

A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.

See Mad, n.

The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.

Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.

The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building,…

The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.