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▪ I. masted, ppl. a.1|ˈmɑːstɪd, -æ-| [f. mast v.1 or n.1 + -ed.] 1. Furnished with a mast or masts.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 15 If either too small or too short, she is vnder masted or low masted. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 100 A great heavy boat..but ill masted. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., A ship is said to be masted when she has all her masts compleat. 1810Scott Lady of L. ii. xvi, Slow enlarging on the view Four manned and masted barges grew. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy xiii, A one-masted xebeque. 1877Daily News 19 Oct. 5/3 There will not be another masted ironclad forthcoming for years. 2. Of a harbour, etc.: Thronged with masts.
1757Dyer Fleece iii. 591 Our various hills and vales, Nowhere far distant from the masted wharf. 1882J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xviii, Away to the right might be discerned the..masted harbour of a town. ▪ II. † masted, ppl. a.2 Obs. In 5 mestyde, mastid, 7 mested. [f. mast v.2 + -ed1.] Fed with mast, fatted.
c1440Promp. Parv. 151/2 Fat fowle, or beste, mestyde to be slayne, altile. c1490Ibid. 329/1 Mast hog (MS. K. mastid swyne), maialis. a1622Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. Deut. xxxii. 24 Burnt..others translate it, filled or mested. |