…a tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails…
…the fruit of beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest trees, especially as food for pigs…
…the position of a flag which is being flown some way below the top of its staff as a mark of respect for a person who has died…
…a cell filled with basophil granules, found in numbers in connective tissue and releasing histamine and other substances during inflammatory and allergic reactions…
…serving as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship (quartered in the forecastle)…
…the third section of a sailing ship’s foremast, above the foretopmast…
…declare one’s beliefs or intentions openly…
…the principal mast of a ship, typically the second mast in a sailing ship of three or more masts…
…the section of a square-rigged sailing ship’s mast immediately above the topmast…
