1. (a.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

2. (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.

3. (n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.

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