† mastedadj.1
Obsolete.
Of an animal: fed with mast, fattened.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > fattened
fatc1000
refetc1380
fedc1400
masteda1500
well-fatted1540
fatted1552
fattened1616
saginated1791
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [adjective] > fattened
mastiff1440
mastyc1450
masteda1500
brawned1552
brawny-chined1726
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [adjective] > fed > fattened
franked1466
masteda1500
frank-fed?1545
battled1600
battened1791
long-fed1901
a1500 Promptorium Parvulorum (King's Cambr.) 329 Mastid swyne.
a1622 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) Deut. xxxii. 24 Burnt..others translate it, filled or mested.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
mastedadj.2
/ˈmɑːstᵻd/, /ˈmastᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmæstəd/ 1. Equipped with a mast or masts. Frequently as the second element in compounds, esp. with prefixed numeral indicating a specific number of masts, as one-, two-masted, etc. (for more established compounds see the first element).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > having masts
masted1627
poled1894
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. iii. 15 If either too small or too short, she is vnder masted or low masted.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 109 A great heavy Boat..but ill masted.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) A ship is said to be masted when she has all her masts compleat.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 65 Slow enlarging on the view, Four manned and masted barges grew.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xiii. 215 A one-masted xebecque.
1877 Daily News 19 Oct. 5/3 There will not be another masted ironclad forthcoming for years.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June 797/2 They sighted another ship, an Arabian two-masted dhow.
1983 Daily Tel. 26 Aug. 3/1 Mr Valentin is..credited with designing the conventionally keeled, hulled and masted Liberty.
2. Chiefly poetic. Of a harbour, etc.: crowded with ships' masts.
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1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 114 Our various hills and vales, No-where far distant from the masted wharf.
1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus ix. 244 The hero look'd: beneath his wondering eyes, Bright streamers lengthen round the seas and skies; The countless nations open all their stores, Load every wave and croud the masted shores.
1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xviii Away to the right might be discerned the..masted harbour of a town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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