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OVER-MASTED

OVER-MASTED, the state of a ship, whose masts are too high, or too heavy, for the weight of her hull to counter-balance.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 208, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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