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n. - Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts.

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  • Adjective : mizzen topmast stay
  • The top of the mizen was the first to disappear, then followed the main-top; and soon, of what had been a noble vessel, not a vestige was to be seen.
  • He also reported, the mizen-mast to be in great danger.
  • But I am wandering from my young friend, the captain of the mizen-top.
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