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Definition of Masting
1. n. The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them.
Definition of Masting
1. Noun. (botany) A mast seeding. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of mast) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Masting
1. mast [v] - See also: mast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masting
Literary usage of Masting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jared Ingersoll: A Study of American Loyalism in Relation to British by Lawrence Henry Gipson (1920)
"THE STRUGGLE FOR THE masting TRADE OF NEW ENGLAND LATE in the spring of 1760,
Jared Ingersoll, who was still in London, received a communication from ..."
2. Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an by Charles Francis Hall (1865)
"First Excursion in Frobisher Bay.—Crossing the Mountain Pass.—Traveling on the
Ice.—A Tradition concerning White Men masting a Ship. ..."
3. Recollections of a Long Life, 1829-1915 by Isaac Stephenson (1915)
"... in vogue along Green Bay — Invasion of the Maine lumbermen — Introduction of
sawed shingles — Marketing lumber at Chicago and Milwaukee — masting on the ..."
4. Transactions by Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (1875)
"By «JOHN BAILET, THE " masting Sheers," the construction of which is now laid
before this Institution, have just been erected, for the Belfast Harbour ..."
5. A Treatise on the Construction, Rigging, & Handling of Model Yachts, Ships by Tyrrel E. Biddle (1883)
"I think we will leave her now to another chapter. CHAPTER V. masting AND ...
therefore, great care must be exercised in masting your little craft. ..."
6. Yachts and Yacht Building: Being a Treatise on the Construction of Yachts by P. R. Marett (1872)
"masting CUTTERS. By placing the mast far forward we increase the size of the
mainsail and top-sail, and thus obtain a large area of sail abaft the mast. ..."
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