mizzen, mizen, misen, mysson

& a. [Fr. misaine, from Ital. mezzana, from Low Lat. median us =middle, of middle size, from Lat. medius =middle. The name was probably taken from its mid-position between the bowsprit and main-mast, for it was once a foresail. ( Skeat.)] IMG:content-1297.png:[blocks in formation] B. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the mizzen; as, mizzen-yards, .