[miz-uh
n] 
Nautical| 1. | a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. Compare crossjack, spanker (def. 1a). |
| 2. | mizzenmast. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to a mizzenmast. |
| 4. | noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a mizzen lower mast or to some upper mast of a mizzenmast. |
| 5. | noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mizzen lower mast or some specified upper mast of a mizzenmast: mizzen topmast stay. |
| miz·zen or miz·en (mĭz'ən) n. Nautical
[Middle English mesan, from Old French misaine, Old Spanish mezana or Old Italian mezzana, all ultimately from Latin mediānus, of the middle, from medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.] miz'zen adj. |
