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mast (1121-25)
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mast (1121-25)

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maste;  mat;  maust; 
pl. maz  (matz  Bedford Inventories B182)  
  FEW:  mast 16,540a Gdf:  mast 5,197a GdfC:  mast 10,130b TL: mast 5,1236 DEAF:  mast  DMF:  mât  TLF:  mât  OED:  mast n.1  MED:  mast n.1  DMLBS:  mastus 1731b

s.

ship.mast: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Drechent le mast, tendent le veil  S Brend mup 209
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Siglent a fort e nagent e guvernent. En sum cez maz e en cez haltes vernes Asez i ad carbuncles e lanternes  Roland 2632
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Levent la veile al mast amont  S Greg 2011
( MS: s.xiii2 )  malus: (C) le maust (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) mast)  TLL ii 78.165
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  un grant dromond q’avoit trois mastes e sigla ové trois sigles  TREVET Cron1 316.11
demi mast
ship.half-mast: 
( 1343-50 )  Et lors nos mariners treyerent les sigles a demi mast, et treierent sus lour ankres en manere come ils voleient fuir  Cron Lond1 76
teste de mast
ship. masthead, highest part of a mast: 
( c.1340 ) doit l’admiral toutes les nuyts que la flotte est sur la mer porter deux grandes lanternes aux deux parties de la teste du mast de la nef en la quelle il est, qu’il soit cognu pour admiral  Blk Bk Adm 16

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