mizen

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

• zemni

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English myxen, from Old English mixen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪzən/

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