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41mast — n. 1) at half mast 2) (misc.) (lit.) before the mast ( at sea as a sailor ) * * * [mɑːst] at half mast (misc.) (lit.) before the mast ( at sea as a sailor ) …
42mast — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship s keel, esp. to support sails. 2 a post or lattice work upright for supporting a radio or television aerial. 3 a flag pole (half mast). 4 (in full mooring mast) a strong… …
43half-staff — noun a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress • Syn: ↑half mast • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑place …
44mast — noun (C) 1 a tall pole on which the sails or flags on a ship are hung: two/three masted (=having two or three masts) 2 BrE a tall metal tower that sends out radio and television signals 3 a tall pole on which a flag is hung see also: halfmast …
45half-staff — noun Date: 1708 half mast …
46half-staff — /haf staf , hahf stahf /, n., v.t. half mast. [1595 1605] * * * …
47half-staff — noun half mast …
48half-staff — v. lower a flag to half mast as a sign of respect for the dead or as a distress signal …
49Mast General Store — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
50MAST suit — /ˈmast sut/ (say mahst sooht) noun equipment which encompasses the lower half of the body and which is capable of being inflated and deflated in sections to maintain and increase blood pressure after major blood loss by increasing venous return… …
