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▪ I. masting, vbl. n.1|ˈmɑːstɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. mast v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action or process of fitting with masts.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xi. 54 The Masting of a Ship is much to be considered, and will..cause her to saile well or ill. 1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 1 In masting..the complete height of a mast is gained by erecting one mast on the top of another. 1870Daily News 3 Oct., They considered the tripod system of masting one that answered well for the support of the masts.
b. Masts collectively.
1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. i. vi. (1852) 84 All her masting seemed blown away by the board. 1757J. H. Grose Voy. E. Indies 175 The masting generally used in the country-ship, are Pohoon-masts. 1794Rigging & Seamanship II. 276 Observations on the different inclinations given to the masting of ships.
2. ? The action of felling trees for masts. U.S.
1792J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 3 Persons..employed in surveying, masting, hunting and scouting.
3. attrib., as masting-sheers, masting tree; masting-house (see quot.); masting pine, Pinus Strobus of N. America.
1855Ogilvie Suppl., Mast-house, *Masting-house, a place where masts, &c., are deposited. 2. A building furnished with apparatus for fixing vessels' masts.
1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 503 A white-pine or *masting-pine,..seven feet eight inches diameter at the but end. 1760W. Douglass Brit. N. Amer. II. 53 The Pines may be subdivided into the masting, or white pine, the pitch pine,..and others..used as lumber.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Masting-shears. 1893Dahlstrom tr. Weisbach & Herrmann's Mech. Hoisting Mach. vi. 252 A large masting sheers designed at the machine works at Waltjen, in Bremen.
1760W. Douglass Brit. N. Amer. II. 53 note, In New Hampshire..is much good ship timber and *masting trees.
▪ II. masting, vbl. n.2 rare.|ˈmɑːstɪŋ, -æ-|
[mast n.2]
The action of producing mast. In quot. attrib.
1760W. Douglass Brit. N. Amer. II. 375 The price of pork..depends upon the goodness of their masting years. |