Word Meanings - FORE-TOPMAST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.

Related words: (words related to FORE-TOPMAST)

• ERECT
  Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached. (more info) 1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. Two of far nobler shape,
• FOREMAST
  The mast nearest the bow. Foremast hand or man , a common sailor; also, a man stationed to attend to the gear of the foremast.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• ERECTILITY
  The quality or state of being erectile.
• ERECTIVE
  Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• TOPGALLANT
  Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The
• ERECTO-PATENT
  Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
• ERECTLY
  In an erect manner or posture.
• STANDSTILL
  A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
• ERECTOR
  A muscle which raises any part. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, erects.
• ERECTNESS
  Uprightness of posture or form.
• ERECTER
  An erector; one who raises or builds.
• ERECTABLE
  Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. Col. G. Montagu.
• ERECTION
  The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue. (more info) 1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall,
• ERECTILE
  Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated. Erectile tissue , a tissue which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.
• PREERECT
  To erect beforehand.
• REERECT
  To erect again.
• FORE-TOPGALLANT
  Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.