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Definition of Mastful
1. a. Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.
Definition of Mastful
1. Adjective. masty; producing mast ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mastful
1. full of forest fruit [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastful
Literary usage of Mastful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Thus mastful beech the bristly chestnut bears, And the wild ash is white with
blooming pears, And greedy swine from grafted elms are fed too With falling ..."
2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, Publius Vergillius Maro, John Dryden (1881)
"But some from seeds inclos'd in earth arise ; For thus the mastful chestnut mates
the skies. Hence rise the branching beech and vocal oak, Where Jove of old ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... hazle-graffs receives, And planes huge apples hear, that hore hut leaves.
Thus mastful heech the ..."
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