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Mast

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

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Nut 76% connected

The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing…

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Pole 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

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Provender 76% connected

Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.

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Spar 76% connected

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

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Foremast 76% connected

The mast nearest the bow.

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Jigger 76% connected

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

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Mainmast 76% connected

The principal mast in a ship or other vessel.

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Mizzen 76% connected

Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.

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Mizzenmast 76% connected

The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel.

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Topmast 76% connected

The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.

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Masthead 70% connected

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

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