Definition for MIZ'ZEN

MIZ'ZEN, n. [miz'n; It. mezzana, mizzen, that is, middle, from mezzo, middle, half.]

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. Mar. Dict.

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