mizen

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.

The Survivors of the Chancellor 2003

She was a deep-waisted vessel, with three masts, the foremast and mainmast square-rigged, while the aftermast carried a long lateen-shaped sail called the mizen, with a square topsail and topgallantsail.

The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The wires in the ice took the strain (lashings at mizen chains carried away) and carried away fair – lead bollard on port side of forecastle head.

South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006

The mizen wireless mast came down in a raging blizzard to – day.

South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006

The mizen hid them from the man at the wheel, and the twilight of tropical stars held the main – deck.

For the term of his natural life 2004

So I lay, and wondered why light Came not, and watched the twilight And the glimmer of the skylight, That shot across the deck; And the binnacle pale and steady, And the dull glimpse of the dead-eye, And the sparks in fiery eddy, That whirled from the chimney neck: In our jovial floating prison There was sleep from fore to mizen, And never a star had risen The hazy sky to speck.

Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

Oakum, without any farther hesitation, ordered the fellow to be unfettered; at the same time, threatening to make Morgan exchange situations with him for his spite; but the Briton no sooner heard the decision in favour of the madman, than he got up to the mizen-shrouds, crying to Thompson and me to get out of his reach, for we should see him play the devil with a vengeance.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

Oakum, who leaned against the mizen-mast, no sooner saw me approach in my shirt, with the sleeves tucked up to my armpits, and my hands dyed with blood, than he signified his displeasure by a frown, and asked why the doctor himself did not come?

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

Fortunately, as I have said, the main-mast and the mizen are of iron; otherwise the heat at their base would long ago have brought them down and our chances of safety would have been much imperilled; but by crowding on sail the

The Survivors of the Chancellor 2003

Clouds of smoke issue from the front, followed by a long tongue of lambent flame that seems to encircle the mizen-mast.

The Survivors of the Chancellor 2003