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Webster 1913 Edition
Overmast
Oˊver-mast′
,Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Overmast
OVERM'AST
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
overmast
overmast
English
Verb
overmast (third-person singular simple present overmasts, present participle overmasting, simple past and past participle overmasted)
- To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.
- 1838, Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (editor), The works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 6,
- The double desire of being able to overtake a weaker flying enemy, or to escape when pursued by a stronger, has induced the owners to overmast their cruisers, and to spread too much canvass; ...
- 1838, Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (editor), The works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 6,