mizen

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English

Noun

mizen (plural mizens)

  1. Alternative spelling of mizzen
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      But presently, catching hold of the mizen shrouds, he swings himself to the deck, and in an even, unexhilarated voice, saying, "Dinner, Mr. Starbuck," disappears into the cabin.

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English myxen, from Old English mixen.

Pronunciation

Noun

mizen

  1. dunghill, mixen

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57
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