mizzen

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: miz=zen

CIDE DICTIONARY

mizzen, a. [It. mezzana, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half: cf. F. misaine foresail. See Mezzo.].

 Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.  [1913 Webster]

mizzen, n. 

 The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

mizzen

Rear

N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.