▪ I. masted, ppl. a.1
(ˈmɑːstɪd, -æ-)
[f. mast v.1 or n.1 + -ed.]
1. Furnished with a mast or masts.
| 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 15 If either too small or too short, she is vnder masted or low masted. 1725 De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 100 A great heavy boat..but ill masted. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., A ship is said to be masted when she has all her masts compleat. 1810 Scott Lady of L. ii. xvi, Slow enlarging on the view Four manned and masted barges grew. 1836 Marryat Midsh. Easy xiii, A one-masted xebeque. 1877 Daily News 19 Oct. 5/3 There will not be another masted ironclad forthcoming for years. |
2. Of a harbour, etc.: Thronged with masts.
| 1757 Dyer Fleece iii. 591 Our various hills and vales, Nowhere far distant from the masted wharf. 1882 J. 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.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 151/2 Fat fowle, or beste, mestyde to be slayne, altile. c 1490 Ibid. 329/1 Mast hog (MS. K. mastid swyne), maialis. a 1622 Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. Deut. xxxii. 24 Burnt..others translate it, filled or mested. |