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Overmast

Overmast \O`ver*mast"\, v. t. (Naut.) To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.

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overmast

vb. To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.

Usage examples of "overmast".

She had always been crank and overmasted, so that she lay down in a capful of wind.