'Mizzen' definitions:
Definition of 'mizzen'
From: WordNet
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 [syn: mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizzen, mizen]
noun
Fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast [syn: mizzen, mizen]
Definition of 'Mizzen'
From: GCIDE
- Mizzen \Miz"zen\, a. [It. mezzana, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half: cf. F. misaine foresail. See Mezzo.] (Naut.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mizzen'
From: GCIDE
- Mizzen \Miz"zen\, n. (Naut.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mizzen'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A dandy roller. See below. [1913 Webster]
- 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. Dandy-cock