Associations to the word «Mizen»

Wiktionary

MIZEN, noun. Alternative spelling of mizzen

Dictionary definition

MIZEN, noun. Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
MIZEN, noun. Fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope