mast trunk

Naut .: A box, in small ve els, in which the mast stands. mast (2), s . [A. S. mæst ; cogn. with Ger. mast = mast; mästen = to feed; Goth. matz ; O. H. Ger. maz; Eng. meat ; cf. Irish mais, me as =an acorn; maise food; Welsh mes = acorns, a portion, a meal.l Bot.: The fruit of the oak and beech or other forest trees; acorns; beechnuts. "The sable water and the copious mast Swell the fat herd." IMG:content-0975.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: A tree which produces mast; sometimes applied specifically to the cork-tree. mast (1), v. t. [MAST (1), s.] To provide with a mast; to fix a mast in. *mast (2), v . t. (MAST (2), s.] To feed on mast. "Masting themselves like hogs." - Bacon : Works , ii. 425. măs-ta-çěm-běl-i-dæ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat.mast a cembel ( us ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ .] Ichthy.: Acanthopterygian Eels. Fresh - water fishes characteristic of and almost confined to the Indian region. The body is elongate, eel-like, covered with very small scales. Mandible long, but little movable; dorsal fin, very long; no ventrals; humeral arch separated from the skull. Gill-open ings reduced to a slit at the lower part of the side of the head. The family contains but two genera, Rhyncobdella and Mastacembelus (q.v.). ( Günther .) măs-ta-çěm-bě-lūs, s . [Greek mastax = the mouth, and embailo to throw in.] Ichthy.: The typical genus of the family Mastacembelidse (q. v.). Mastacembelus pancalus and M. armatus are extremely common, the latter attain: ing the length of about two feet. M. argus is from Siam, M. a lep pens is from Me so pot am i a and Syria, and M. crypt acanthus, M. marchei, and M. niger from West Africa. ( Günther .) *mast-age (age as ig), s. [Eng. mast (2); -age .] The right or season of turning hogs into the woods to feed on mast; the money paid to the lord for such right. [PANNAGE.] măs-tăx, s. [Gr. mastax =the jaws, the mouth; masaomai to chew.] Zool .: The muscular pharynx or buccal funnel into which the mouth opens in most of the Rotifer a. It usually contains a very complicated masticatory apparatus, believed by Mr. Go e to be homologous with the parts of the mouth in insects. Called also pharyngeal bulb. mast-ěd, a . [Eng. mast (1); -ed.] Furnished or provided with a mast or masts; generally in composition; as, two- masted , three- masted .]