mizzen. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

mizzen

SYLLABICATION:	miz·zen
PRONUNCIATION:	mzn
VARIANT FORMS:	or miz·en
NOUN:	Nautical 1. A fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast. 2. A mizzenmast.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English mesan, from Old French misaine, Old Spanish mezanaor Old Italian mezzana, all ultimately from Latin medinus, of the middle, from medius, middle. See medhyo- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	mizzen —ADJECTIVE


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