mizzen

• Warned by the fate of those who had failed to leap on board the Tornado_, each of them, as he caught a rope, secured it round his waist; some springing into the main, others into the mizzen-rigging, thus attaining a greater height. —  The Three Commanders
• An accident might have happened on the main or the mizzen-mast, but not on every yard on all three of the masts What are you about?" —  Down the Rhine Young America in Germany
• The centre mast, being the largest, is the main-mast_; the front one, which is next in size, is the fore-mast_; and the one next the stern, the smallest, is called the mizzen Although we have spoken of lower-masts for the sake of clearness, the name is never used. —  Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
• `The last voyage I was on, my mate was in the foretop of the vessel I was in, looking out to windward, when pop jumps one of 'em right down his throat And the fish was as big as the mizzen-mast there?' —  On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story
• Abaft the main-mast were the mizzen, carrying one sail, on a lateen yard, one arm of which nearly touched the deck; and the bonaventure mizzen (which we now call the jigger) rigged in exactly the same way. —  On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms