1. By early 1795, Glenie was no longer involved in the masting business. 2. The interaction between disturbance by fire and masting is key to boreal mixedwood forest. 3. Masting refers to a concerted abundance of seed production followed by a period of paucity.4. There was even a proposal for a high crane, to replace masting sheers at Woolwich. 5. "The half-masting of the Union flag is at the queen's request. 6. "Mr . Griffeths [ sic ] relates a good story about the masting of this vessel. 7. Alterations in the masting and rigging of small ( unrated ) combatants were not infrequent at this time. 8. Seed masting is an example of how plant populations are able to temporally regulate the severity of seed predation. 9. "The half-masting of the union flag is at the queen's request, " a palace spokesman said. 10. The story begins deep in oak forests where every few years oak trees undergo a process called masting , when they produce a bumper crop of acorns.