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mizzen

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miz·zen or miz·en  (mzn)
n. Nautical
1. A fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast.
2. A mizzenmast.
[Middle English mesan, from Old French misaine, Old Spanish mezana or Old Italian mezzana, all ultimately from Latin medinus, of the middle, from medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.]
mizzen adj.
mizzen, mizen [ˈmɪzən] Nautical
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a sail set on a mizzenmast
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) short for mizzenmast
adj
(Transport / Nautical Terms) of or relating to any kind of gear used with a mizzenmast a mizzen staysail
[from French misaine, from Italian mezzana, mezzano middle]
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Noun1.mizzenmizzen - third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
mizen, mizenmast, mizzenmast
mast - a vertical spar for supporting sails
2.mizzen - fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast
mizen
fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
Translations
mizzen [ˈmɪzn] N → mesana f


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The sailors at the fore and mizzen had come down; the line tubs were fixed in their places; the cranes were thrust out; the mainyard was backed, and the three boats swung over the sea like three samphire baskets over high cliffs.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
P-, in charge of the deck, hooked on to the windward mizzen rigging in a state of perfect serenity; myself, the third mate, also hooked on somewhere to windward of the slanting poop, in a state of the utmost preparedness to jump at the very first hint of some sort of order, but otherwise in a perfectly acquiescent state of mind.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Fastened by chains to the mainmast were a number of grisly staghounds, who now began leaping and barking at me, and by the mizzen a huge puma was cramped in a little iron cage far too small even to give it turning room.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
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