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mizzen yard, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun mizzen yard is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for mizzen yard is from around ... www.oed.com
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Rigging the Mizzen Yard - Model Ship World™ - Model Ship World
The mizzen yard suspended by a jeer block. On the fore and Main masts, the jeer blocks hand from sling around the mast head above all of the other rigging. modelshipworld.com
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MIZZEN Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
of or relating to a mizzenmast. noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a mizzen lower mast or to some upper mast of a mizzenmast. www.dictionary.com
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mizen-yard
mizen-yard Naut. The yard on which the mizen-sail is extended.1485 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 49 Meson yerdes..ij. 1564 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pl. Crt. Admir. (Selden) II. 129 Item a bade smalle bote of two toune and a myssyne yerde vjs viij{supd}. 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. iii. 17 You must all... Oxford English Dictionary
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Course (sail) - Wikipedia
On the mizzen, a course is not usually carried. If it is, it is called the crossjack (or cro'jack) or mizzen sail. The lower yard on the mizzen takes the same ... en.wikipedia.org
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Crossjack / Mizzen Topsail Braces - Roland's Ship Building Blog
It was so called because the term mizzen yard was in use for the lateen sail which was later replaced by the trapezoidal spanker sail set under ... rolandsmodelshipbuilding.com
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vang
▪ I. vang Naut. (væŋ) [var. fang n. 7 a.] One or other of the two ropes used for steadying the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail.1769 Falconer Dict. Mar. s.v. Brace, The mizen-yard is furnished with fangs, or vangs, in the room of braces. Ibid., Vangs, a sort of braces to support the mizen gaff, and keep ... Oxford English Dictionary
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William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, B, page 103
The BALANCE of the mizen, (fanon, Fr.) is thus performed: the mizen-yard is lowered a little, then a small portion of the sail is rolled up at the peek, or ... paulturnbull.org
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MIZZEN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
MIZZEN meaning: 1. the mast (= a tall pole that supports the sails) behind a ship's mainmast (= the tallest and…. Learn more. dictionary.cambridge.org
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Lateen Mizzen to Gaff Mizzen - SNR
Over the course of the late eighteenth century the Royal Navy, and most other navies, changed the Mizzen yard from a full lateen to a half ... snr.org.uk
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School ship Amerigo Vespucci - the sails and the masts
The sails take the name from the mast that give the relative yard. The mizzen yard is without sail and for this is called “verga secca”. It is unprovided ... www.mondovespucci.com
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derrick
▪ I. derrick, n. (ˈdɛrɪk) Also 7–9 derick. [from the surname of a noted hangman at Tyburn c 1600. The name is orig. the Du. Dirk, Dierryk, Diederik = Ger. Dietrich, Theoderic.] † 1. a. A hangman; hanging; the gallows. (Cf. Jack Ketch.)c 1600 Ballad Death Earl Essex (N.), Derick, thou know'st at Cole... Oxford English Dictionary
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awaye
▪ I. away, adv. (əˈweɪ) Forms: 1 onweᵹ, 1–2 aweᵹ, 2 aweiᵹ, 2–5 awei, awey, awai, (3 awæi, Orm. aweȝȝ), 4 owai (ewai), o wey, on-wai, on way, (a-vey, avay), aweie, aweye, 4–5 oway, 4–6 awaye, 6 awaie, 4– away. Sc. 8–9 awa. [In its origin a phrase, on prep., and weᵹ, way, i.e. on (his, one's) way, ‘on... Oxford English Dictionary
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yard
▪ I. yard, n.1 (jɑːd) Forms: 1 ᵹeard, 4–5 ȝerd(e, 4–6 ȝard(e, yerde, 4–8 yerd, 4–9 yaird, (4 ȝherd, 5 ȝeard, ȝord, yorde, 6 ȝharde, 7 yearde, 8 Sc. yeard), 5–6 ȝaird, 6–7 yarde, 3– yard. [OE. ᵹeard str. masc. fence, dwelling, house, region = OS. gard enclosure, field, dwelling, MDu., Du. gaard garde... Oxford English Dictionary
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fang
▪ I. fang, n. (fæŋ) Also 7 phang(e. [OE. fang, cogn. with OFris. fang m., ON. fang n., MHG. fang, vanc m., repr. OTeut. *fango-, f. root of *fanhan (see fang v.).] I. The act or fact of catching or seizing. † 1. a. A capture, catch. Also a tight grasp, a grip. in fang with: in the embrace, under the... Oxford English Dictionary
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