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† main-ˈmizen Naut. Obs.
[f. main a. (sense 10) + mizen.]
a. ? A spanker.
b. The foremost of the two mizen masts formerly in use. (Also main mizen mast, main-mizen sail.)
1486Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 14 A Mayne Meson mast for the said Ship. Ibid. 43 Mayne meson sailes. c1515Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.), Some pulde at the beryll, some sprede y⊇ mayne myssyll. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. s.v. Missen-Mast, Some great Ships require two [mizens]; then that next the Main-mast is the Main-missen. |