Definition of mizzen

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

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Dandy :: Dandy (n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen..
Ketch :: Ketch (n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden..
Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..
Mizzen :: Mizzen (a.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc..
Mizzenmast :: Mizzenmast (n.) The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel..
Ship :: Ship (n.) Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix..
Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..
Saic :: Saic (n.) A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail..
Galiot :: Galiot (n.) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail..
After-sails :: After-sails (n.) The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast..
Barque :: Barque (n.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged..
Mizzen :: Mizzen (n.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker..
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