JU'RYM'AST, noun A mast erected in a ship to supply the place of one carried away in a tempest or an engagement, etc. The most probable origin of the word jury, in this compound, is that proposed by Thomson, vix. from the Fr. jour, day, quasi, joure, temporary, or from Latin juvare, to assist.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.