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MAST (2) (Anglo-Saxon maest, food, common to some Teutonic languages, and ultimately connected with " meat")
MAST (I) (O. Eng. maest; a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. malus; from the medieval latinized form mast us comes Fr. malt)

MAST (2) (Anglo-Saxon maest, See also:
FOOD
FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)
food, See also:
COMMON
common to some See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic See also:
LANGUAGES
languages, and ultimately connected with " See also:
MEAT
meat") , the See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of the See also:

BEECH

beech, See also:

OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak, and other See also:

FOREST

forest trees, used as See also:

food for See also:

SWINE

swine .

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