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JURY-MAST

\d͡ʒˈʊ͡əɹimˈast], \d‍ʒˈʊ‍əɹimˈast], \dʒ_ˈʊə_ɹ_i_m_ˈa_s_t]\

Definitions of JURY-MAST

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Temporary mast in place of broken or lost one.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

Upright bar used in supporting head in cases of Pott's disease.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

(said to be for injury-mast, one put in place of an injured mast). (Naut.) A temporary mast, or substitute for one.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

n. A temporary mat erected in a ship, to supply the place of one carried away in a tempest or an engagement.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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