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mastless
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mastless, a. [See 1st Mast.].
Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
mastless, a. [See 2d Mast.].
Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel. [1913 Webster]
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