mizzen

miz·zen or miz·en (m

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 [ˈmɪz^ən] Nautical

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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Noun	1.	mizzen - 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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canvas canvass crossjack dandy fore-and-aft sail ketch mast mizen mizenmast mizzen course mizzenmast Saic sail sailing ship sailing vessel sheet staysail To bagpipe the mizzen yawl	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	mixing faucet Mixing sirup mixmaster Mixogamous mixologist mixology mixolydian Mixolydian mode mixt mixte Mixtec mixter-maxter Mixtilineal Mixtilineal angle Mixtion Mixtly mixture Miyazaki Mizar mizen mizenmast Mizmaze Mizoguchi Mizoram mizuna mizzen mizzen course mizzenmast mizzle Mizzy mizzy maze Mk MKO mks mks system mks units mksA MKSA system mkt Ml MLA Mladic MLC MLD MLF MLG MLitt Mlle Mlle. Mlles. MLR	Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram Board of School Education Mizoram Computer Institute Owners Association Mizoram Farmers Liberation Force Mizoram State Mizoram State Mizoram State AIDS Control Society Mizoram State Road Project mizoribine MIZPAC Mizpah Mizpar Mizpeh Mizraim Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Mizuho Financial Group Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. mizuna mizuna greens Mizuno Tadakuni Mizurskii Mizwa MIZY MIZZ Mizzah mizzen mizzen course mizzenmast mizzenmast mizzenmasts mizzenmasts mizzens mizzensail mizzensails Mizzie night Mizzipy Mizzipy mizzle mizzled mizzles mizzling mizzly Mizzmaze mizzonite MIZZOU Mizzou Linux Users Group Mizzy mizzy maze Miðgarðr Miðgarðr Mj Mj MJ Carter Associates MJ/H MJ12

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canvas
canvass
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dandy
fore-and-aft sail
ketch
mast
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mizzen course
mizzenmast
Saic
sail
sailing ship
sailing vessel
sheet
staysail
To bagpipe the mizzen
yawl

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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