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Word Meanings - FORE-TOPMAST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.

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  • ERECT
    Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached. (more info) 1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. Two of far nobler shape,
  • FOREMAST
    The mast nearest the bow. Foremast hand or man , a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • ERECTILITY
    The quality or state of being erectile.
  • ERECTIVE
    Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • TOPGALLANT
    Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The
  • ERECTO-PATENT
    Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
  • ERECTLY
    In an erect manner or posture.
  • STANDSTILL
    A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
  • ERECTOR
    A muscle which raises any part. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, erects.
  • ERECTNESS
    Uprightness of posture or form.
  • ERECTER
    An erector; one who raises or builds.
  • ERECTABLE
    Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. Col. G. Montagu.
  • ERECTION
    The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue. (more info) 1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall,
  • ERECTILE
    Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated. Erectile tissue , a tissue which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.
  • PREERECT
    To erect beforehand.
  • REERECT
    To erect again.
  • FORE-TOPGALLANT
    Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.

 

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