<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called flag.</li><li>a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc. Also called nameplate.</li><li>a line of type on the front page of a newspaper or the cover of a periodical giving the name of the publication.</li><li>Nautical. the head of a mast.</li><li>the uppermost point of a mast.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) Nautical. to hoist a yard to the fullest extent.</li><li>to hoist to the truck of a mast, as a flag.</li><li>to send to the upper end of a mast as a punishment.</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Nautical. run up to the head of a mast: masthead rig.</li></ul>