Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, all the yards belonging to the mizzenmast.
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Examples
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Main - and mizzen-yards were braced up, and the Elsinore, snugged down and hove to, had a lee of thousands of miles of Southern Ocean.
CHAPTER XXXIII 2010
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Mr. Pike's first action, after putting the wheel up, had been to square the mizzen-yards.
CHAPTER XXXVIII 2010
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But, while we could thus trim the mizzen-yards, the sails themselves, in setting or furling, were in the hands of the for'ard crowd.
CHAPTER XLV 2010
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Tom Spink, passing by me on the poop to lend a hand at the final finicky trimming of the mizzen-yards, gave me a triumphant look.
CHAPTER XL 2010
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When Mr. Pike ordered the wheel hard up, he slacked off all the mizzen-yards, and followed it with a partial slacking of the main-yards, so that the after-pressures were eased.
CHAPTER XXXIII 2010
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But, while we could thus trim the mizzen-yards, the sails themselves, in setting or furling, were in the hands of the for'ard crowd.
Chapter 45 1914
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Main - and mizzen-yards were braced up, and the Elsinore, snugged down and hove to, had a lee of thousands of miles of Southern Ocean.
Chapter 33 1914
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Tom Spink, passing by me on the poop to lend a hand at the final finicky trimming of the mizzen-yards, gave me a triumphant look.
Chapter 40 1914
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When Mr. Pike ordered the wheel hard up, he slacked off all the mizzen-yards, and followed it with a partial slacking of the main - yards, so that the after-pressures were eased.
Chapter 33 1914
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Mr. Pike's first action, after putting the wheel up, had been to square the mizzen-yards.
Chapter 38 1914
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