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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mizen has 2 senses
- mizen(n = noun.artifact) mizenmast, mizzen, 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; is a kind of mast
- mizen(n = noun.artifact) mizzen - fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast; is a kind of fore-and-aft sail
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mizen, n. (also mizzen) Naut. (in full mizen-sail) the lowest fore-and-aft sail of a fully rigged ship's mizen-mast.
Idiom
mizen-mast the mast next aft of the mainmast. mizen yard that on which the mizen is extended.
Etymology
ME f. F misaine f. It. mezzana mizen-sail, fem. of mezzano middle: see MEZZANINE