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Credit: James Jin from North Yorkshire, UK

License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: The mast and rigging of a Tall Ship, with a blokey climbing up

 

Credit: Maciej Lewandowski from Dundee, Scotland

License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Mast

 

From Webster: M`AST, n. A long, round piece of timber, elevated or designed to be raised perpendicularly or nearly so, on the keel of a ship or other vessel, to which the yards,sails and rigging are attached, and by which they are supported. A mast is a single stick, formed from the trunk of a tree, or it consists of many pieces of timber united by iron bands. Masts are of several kinds, as the main-mast, fore-mast, mizzen-mast, top-mast, top-gallant-mast, etc.

Verses:

  • Proverbs 23:34
  • Isaiah 33:23
  • Ezekiel 27:5
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/ships-mast.html. 2024.
 
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