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Webster 1913 Edition

Mizzen

Miz′zen

,
Adj.
[It.
mezzana
, fr.
mezzano
middle, fr.
mezzo
middle, half: cf. F.
misaine
foresail. See
Mezzo
.]
(Naut.)
Hindmost; nearest the stern;
as, the
mizzen
shrouds, sails, etc.

Miz′zen

,
Noun.
(Naut.)
The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mizzen

MIZZEN

,
Noun.
miz'n. In sea-language, the aftermost of the fixed sails of a ship, extended sometimes by a gaff, and sometimes by a yard which crosses the mast obliquely.

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