Crossword clues for mizzen
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dandy \Dan"dy\ (d[a^]n"d[y^]), n.; pl. Dandies (d[a^]n"d[i^]z). [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]
One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
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A dandy roller. See below.
Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush.
Dandy fever. See Dengue.
Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end.
Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"aftermost fore-and-aft sail of a three-masted ship," early 15c., from Middle French misaine "foresail, foremast," altered (by influence of Italian mezzana "mizzen") from Old French migenne, from Catalan mitjana, from Latin medianus "of the middle" (see median). The sense in this transmission must have been something other than "middle," or the thing described changed, because the "middle" mast on a ship is the mainmast. Klein suggests an alternate etymology of the French word from Arabic, via Italian.
Wiktionary
a. (context nautical English) Hindmost; nearest the stern. n. 1 (context nautical English) mizzenmast 2 (context nautical English) A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.
WordNet
n. third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy [syn: mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizen]
fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast [syn: mizen]
Usage examples of "mizzen".
Eventually we got it and the mizzen lashed lengthways along the cluttered decks, sticking out over the bows like the lance of an armored knight.
Wisps of dark grey smoke trailed from her stern, and Hal could see that her mizzen sails and her spanker were blackened and still smouldering.
He had been able to replace the mizzen yards, and furled new sails upon them.
Now she heeled slowly broadside in the channel entrance, firmly jammed in the floating gate while her stunsail and mizzen rigging became entangled in the tall mangrove that marked the far side.
He is very much afraid of picking up the Gazette in the next few months and of seeing men junior to himself being given their flag, a blue flag to be hoisted at the mizzen, if my memory serves: a piece of bunting extraordinarily important to a man who has pursued it with such ardour for so many years.
The footrope he was on on the mizzen topsailyard was down at a forty-five- degree angle, and new men were skittering it until it almost tucked under the yard in their panic.
Away up to windward the yawl was lowering her trysail with a six-foot rent in it, laying to under her foresheets and mizzen.
Her forestaysail and mizzen spanker were set as though an effort had been made to hold her head up into the wind, but the sheets had parted, and the sails were tearing to ribbons in the half gale of wind.
They learned the difference between the mainmast and the mizzen, found that all the strong ropes that kept the masts erect and stiff were called stays, that the ropes that hoist sails are called halliards, and that sheets is the name given to the ropes that restrain the sails at the lower corner, and are used to haul them in more tightly when sailing close to the wind, or to ease them off when the wind is favourable.
There it burst open and the tricolour of the Dutch Republic streamed out on the southeaster, orange and snowy white and blue, Within moments the other banners and long pennants burst out from the head of the mizzen and the foremast, one emblazoned with the cipher of the VOC, die Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the United East India Company.
Atlantic I was obviously competent to take her across Valetta harbor and Ann strong enough to drop the mizzen.
The jib was backwinded, sheeted to the windward side, in effect, blowing the bow down off the wind while the main and the mizzen were trying to put it up wind.
Herrick 1' He relaxed as the experienced seamen rushed aft to help the marines and less skilled hands on the mizzen braces.
Molesworth, the nervous-looking purser, was waiting by the mizzen, and Bolitho guessed that Cairns was going ashore with him to bolster his dealings with the victuallers, who, like ships' chandlers, thought more of personal profit than patriotism.
Look, you can even see the deadeyes and the cordage holding up the mizzen truck.