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Mizzen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Mizzen has 2 senses
- mizzen(n = noun.artifact) mizen, mizenmast, mizzenmast - third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy; Array is a kind of mast
- mizzen(n = noun.artifact) mizen - fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast; Array is a kind of fore-and-aft sail
CIDE DICTIONARY
Mizzen, a. [It. mezzana, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half: cf. F. misaine foresail. See Mezzo.].
Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc. [1913 Webster]
Mizzen, n.
The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
Mizzen
Rear
N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.
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