purpletigron.livejournal.com ([identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ewt 2006-09-16 07:54 am (UTC)

Nuts about ... mast

A mast year is when beech produces a large crop of nuts.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=mast

'perhaps from PIE *mazdo-/*maddo- "to be fat, to flow"'

Hope you feel wellerer soon!
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