See masthead in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "mast",
"3": "head"
},
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}
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"etymology_text": "From mast + head.",
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{
"form": "mastheads",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mastheading",
"tags": [
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"present"
]
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{
"form": "mastheaded",
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"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Nautical"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1838, Frederick Marryat, Rattlin the Reefer:",
"text": "“I was mast-headed, sir.”\n“Mast-headed! how - for what?”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen, page 30:",
"text": "When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To send to the masthead as a punishment."
],
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],
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"(transitive, nautical) To send to the masthead as a punishment."
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny, page 542:",
"text": "It was mastheaded as \"Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead."
],
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"(transitive) To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead."
],
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}
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}
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