mast.A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or.color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color;.flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated

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1. 1. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.
2. 2. Alt. of Backstair
3. 3. Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
4. 4. A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.
5. 5. A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.
6. 6. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.
7. 7. Sexual excitement in animals.
8. 8. To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
9. 9. A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.
10. 10. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.