Part 6867

<h1>Massively</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mass"ive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a heavy mass.</def>

<h1>Massiveness</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mass"ive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being massive; massiness.</def>

<h1>Massoola boat</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas*soo"la boat`</hw>. <def>See <er>Masoola boat</er>.</def>

<h1>Massora</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas*so"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Masora</er>.</def>

<h1>Massoret</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mas"so*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Masorite</er>.</def>

<h1>Massy</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mass"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Massier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Massiest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; <as>as, a <ex>massy</ex> shield; a <ex>massy</ex> rock.</as></def>

<blockquote>Your swords are now too <b>massy</b> for your strengths, And will not be uplifted. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Yawning rocks in <b>massy</b> fragments fly. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mast</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>m\'91st</ets>, fem. ; akin to G. <ets>mast</ets>, and E. <ets>meat</ets>. See <er>Meat</er>.]</ety> <def>The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.</def>

<blockquote>Oak <b>mast</b>, and beech, . . . they eat. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Swine under an oak filling themselves with the <b>mast</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mast</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>m\'91st</ets>, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. <ets>mast</ets>, Icel. <ets>mastr</ets>, and perh. to L. <ets>malus</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the <b>mast</b> Of some great ammiral.<--sic--> <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The most common general names of <i>masts</i> are <i>foremast</i>, <i>mainmast</i>, and <i>mizzenmast</i>, each of which may be made of separate spars.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The vertical post of a derrick or crane.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Afore the mast</col>, <col>Before the mast</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Afore</er>, and <er>Before</er>.</cd> -- <col>Mast coat</col>. <cd>See under <er>Coat</er>.</cd> -- <col>Mast hoop</col>, <cd>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 <er>Made</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mast</h1> <Xpage=900>

<hw>Mast</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Masted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Masting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; <as>as, to <ex>mast</ex> a ship</as>.</def>

<h1>Mastax</h1> <Xpage=900>