Main-mast

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of mainmast. alt-of, alternative

    "[…] a small sketch of a ship sent four years ago from the Mediterranean by William, with H. M. S. Antwerp at the bottom, in letters as tall as the main-mast."

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"[…] a small sketch of a ship sent four years ago from the Mediterranean by William, with H. M. S. Antwerp at the bottom, in letters as tall as the main-mast."

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