What does mizzen mean?
Mizzen means (nautical) Mizzenmast..
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/ˈmɪ.zən/ · noun
(nautical) Mizzenmast..
Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.
"'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen."
the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.
Use mizzen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mizzen means (nautical) Mizzenmast..
Common synonyms include mizzenmast, mizen, mizenmast.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.
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