mizzen

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I now have to keep fencing with Accrux while I have managed to throw your sword flying and getting stuck into the mizzen mast.

From Economist • Nov. 15, 2012

Santa Maria's mainmast reaches 192 feet above the waterline, the mizzen to 158 feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

He lowers his mizzen and rejects her once again.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the small-boat sailor its puzzle of channels and fog is better than any cadaver by the mizzen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Farther aft, but on the centre line, a tent made from the boat's mizzen sail had been set up for Olive's use.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)