Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The mast next above the foretopmast.
Examples
“Thus we have foretopmast, maintopmast and mizzentopmast, and over them foretopgallantmast, maintopgallantmast and mizzentopgallantmast.”
“Next came the foretopgallantmast, which smashed a couple of boats.”
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Nautical Words
lubber, mizzenmast, circumnavigation, clipper, cordage, galleon, gangplank, gangway, flying bridge, following sea, schooner, amidships and 106 more...
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chained_bear Here's another usage: "Jack looked up at the rising foretopgallantmast with a smile: there was order in that apparent chaos of men, spars and ropes, and Tom Pullings had the whole operation well in hand."
--The Ionian Mission, 50
Kind of reminds me of the word itself--there is order in that apparent redundant compoundiness. Feb 10, 2008
reesetee Compoundiness? What a fantastic madeupical word! Feb 8, 2008
skipvia Wow. That word could do with a few well-placed apostrophes, as in fo'c's'le. Of course, that would destroy the compoundiness, replacing it with apostrophism. Feb 8, 2008
chained_bear I just love words like this. They seem so German in their prodigious length and compoundiness.
Usage: "As it was his sails were much tattered, a fire had started in the starboard head, one cutter had been destroyed and the foretopgallantmast wounded before he ran out of range." --Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate, 256 Feb 8, 2008