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MIZEN-MAST
MIZEN-MAST, the mast upon which the mizen and its top-sail and stay sails are supported, besides other sails, which are set occasionally, as the driver, ring tail &c. See the article MAST.The shrouds, stays, and back-stays of this mast, as well as all the running rigging, together with its several yards and sails, being described under the articles SHROUD, STAY, YARD, &c. the reader is referred thither for the explanations thereof, which are in general applicable also to the same furniture of both the other masts.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 196, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0871.html