| 单词 | mizen |
| 例句 | In a few minutes the mizen mast of the Java went over, and as her foremast had gone long before, nothing but the main mast was left standing. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Porter immediately hoisted at his mizen, "God, our country and liberty; tyrants offend them." The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z On board the Bellona only six men were killed outright, and about twenty-eight wounded; the loss of her mizen was her only serious disaster. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z All the crew of the vessel are in the mizen shrouds, but they cannot get to the boat: a fearful rush of sea is chasing over the vessel, and between them and it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The mistake was discovered before the flags had got halfway to the mizen peak, when they were hauled down and hoisted properly. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z He came stern on, and his bowsprit passed through the mizen rigging of the Constitution. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z In thirty seconds four bits of bunting flew out from the mizen royal-mast head. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Observe the lateen yard on the mizen mast. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z At 6 p.m. both the fore and mizen stay-sails were carried away in a furious squall; another life-boat and the cutter were washed clean overboard and lost. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z She flew three ensigns, one at the mizen, one at the peak, and one, the largest of all, in the starboard main rigging. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z The mizen mast of the enemy soon fell with a crash, while her hull was riddled with shot, and her decks slippery with gore. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z It carried only seven guns and a dozen muskets, had no more sails than the "uppermost of the mizen," was short of ammunition and food, and even of water. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z “Just look you,” continued Ap, “how handy a bit of mizen is.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z “The cook’s waiting, sir,” said the steward, who was trying to steady himself by keeping firm hold of the mizen rigging. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z It is only flown by an admiral when employed afloat, and then at the main, fore, or mizen top-gallantmast-head, according as he is a full, vice, or rear admiral. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z At length, the mizen mast was cut in two by a shot, about ten feet from the deck, while with every roll of the ship the weakened foremast threatened to swell the wreck. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z As our light increased, I made out five large ships, three frigates, two brigs, and small craft, under British colours, a ship of three decks, carrying a flag at the mizen. Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review 2011-10-11T02:01:07.053Z Aft! aft! lads, and hale up the mizen here. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z The foremast and the mizen carried lateen sails. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Subsequently the Essex hoisted her motto flag at the fore, and another on the mizen mast, with one American ensign at the mizen peak and a second lashed on the main rigging. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z She had an enormous lateen foresail, and a mizen, and she subsequently formed a picturesque object in Wynne’s sketches. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z “Marines! up the rigging, there, into the mizen and main tops!” shouted the captain, “and bring those men down.” Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z This crash proved to be the fall of the mizen and top-gallant masts. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas “Raft, ahoy!” shouted a man, who was holding on in the mizen rigging of the ship, “what raft is that?” The Ruined Cities of Zululand There was a large frigate, that, with studding-sails set, stood boldly up the bay, followed by a dismasted three-decker, at whose mizen floated the ensign of England over the French "tri-color." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. “Do you know that I think a fine-bowed lugger, with main and mizen rig, would be a handy boat for these waters.” The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z As our light increased, I made out five large ships, three frigates, two brigs, and small craft under British colours, a ship of three decks carrying a flag at the mizen. The History of the First West India Regiment Two large barques were passed lying-to under lower main topsails and mizen storm staysails. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Then the Wind slacken’d, and we brought our Ship to, under a mizen, and lay with our Head to the Westward. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 Whilst uncovering the mizen gaff, he lost his hold, fell, and was so shattered that he died ere he could be borne below. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 So I took p. 247down the ship-light from the mizen shroud, and held it between my knees that it might shine on the needle, and it was curious how much warmth came from this lantern. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" Employed fishing the fore and mizen topsail yards, and fitting the rigging, and shifting powder from forward to aft, and cleared the decks up ready for action. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II Our main and mizen top-masts are alone disabled, and the hull has not suffered materially. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I To contract a sail into a narrower compass;—this is peculiar to the mizen of a ship, and to the main-sail of those vessels wherein it is extended by a boom. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As the flagship's anchor dropped, a signal from main, mizen, and yard-arms, drew the attention of the squadron. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 When they came near the harbour’s mouth, they sung out “Get ready your mizen.” The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" Reefed the courses, and furled them; brought to under a foul mizen stay-sail, head to the northward. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. The Roland left the Cape upon the 11th of July, but she was almost immediately overtaken by a frightful tempest, which carried away two topsails, the jib, and the mizen mast. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century A name applied on the great lakes of North America to a vessel square-rigged on the fore-mast, and fore-and-aft rigged on the main and mizen masts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They were all three-masted schooners, the main and mizen masts set close together, and with very heavy, square hulls. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Lowering the main-sail I tried the yawl first under mizen and jib; but the rolling in every trough of the waves was most uncomfortable, and besides she drifted north, which might end by going ashore. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The weather being very unpromising, the second reef was taken in the fore and main topsails, the mizen handed and the fore and mizen top gallant yards sent down. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Lastly, he climbed up the mizen mast, and from that elevated position observed all parts of the vessel. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century It is mostly equipped with a main and a mizen mast, and somewhat resembles a ketch or a galliot. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The mast was stepped, and a double-reefed foresail and mizen were set. A Yacht Voyage Round England The mizen shrouds were severed, a few splinters were seen to fly from the mast, and over it fell into the seething sea. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. There was a considerable swell, and as the sea lifted the Hornet ahead, the enemy’s bowsprit carried away her mizen shrouds, stern davits, and spanker boom, and hung upon her larboard quarter. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. The struggle was hot, the straw mats which filled the rigging of the galleon took fire and the flames rose as high as the mizen mast. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century "Square the after-yards," refers to the yards on the main and mizen masts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. An officer and two or three men sprang into the “Marlborough’s” mizen rigging to secure the bowsprit to it. The Grateful Indian And other Stories Our ensign was streaming out in the breeze, as flat as a board, from the mizen peak, but neither of the strangers had thus far condescended to show us the colour of their bunting. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy The enemy’s bowsprit came in between the main and mizen rigging on the starboard side of the Hornet, giving him an opportunity to board, if he had wished but no attempt was made. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. The enemy hauled up within two hundred yards of the mizen beam and cheered. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 It is very handy and safe, particularly as a mizen. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They managed, however, to patch up a mizen, which enabled the boat once more to stand on her proper course. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea The launch hooked on under her bows, and the first cutter made fast to her fore chains, while the yawl grappled her by the mizen chains, and the second cutter by the main. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Although her mainmast is as tall, it is not so thick as our mizen, and her spars are very slender above the first top. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The Shannon had her union jack at the foremast, and a somewhat faded blue ensign at the mizen peak. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 A sort of Greek ketch, which has no top-gallant nor mizen sails, but still spreads much canvas. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Just then Owen, who had been sent to the mizen topmast head by Mr Leigh to take a look-out, shouted— “A sail to the north-west, she is standing this way and close hauled.” Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea The Saracens, or Moors, were the great galley sailors of the Mediterranean, and mizen comes from Arab., miezên, balance. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) We had service in the saloon as usual; and, after church, I climbed the mizen, and had half an hour's nap on the top. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Twenty minutes had hardly elapsed when the mizen mast of the Guerrière was shot away, bringing the ship up into the wind, and the carnage on board became terrific. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 A comparative adjective, applied to any object in the hind part of a ship or boat; as, the after-cabin, the after-hatchway, &c.—After sails, yards, and braces—those attached to the main and mizen masts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. An ensign of some sort was stopped half-way up the mizen rigging, as a signal of distress; and after a while I made it out to be the tricolour. The Castaways “We have you now,” cried the gallant captain, lashing, with the help of some of his men, the bowsprit of the enemy to his own mizen mast. Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars The bowsprit and fore-topmast were gone, as was the mizen topmast, while it seemed as if in an instant the main-topmast would follow the other masts. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean The crew were seen in the mizen rigging, frantically waving. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century All those on the after-masts, as well as on the stays between the main and mizen masts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I seized it tightly, and sang out: “Haul me to the starboard mizen chains!” The Castaways While he was speaking, a voice was heard apparently from the mizen rigging, shouting, “Cut, I say, all of you; cut, I say, and cut together.” Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy Immediately the masts were cut away, Both main and mizen; first the mizen went, The main-mast follow'd: but the ship still lay Like a mere log, and baffled our intent. Don Juan Well, as I looked round, I saw the admiral’s baker in the mizen shrouds, and there was the body of the woman I had dragged out of the port rolling about close to him. Poor Jack To bagpipe the mizen is to lay it aback, by bringing the sheet to the mizen-shrouds. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A gun is fired at eight o’clock in the morning from the ship where it is to be held, and a union flag is displayed at the mizen peak. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer “Shall we have the mizen?” inquired one of the men, pointing to the mast, which lay on the rocks. The Little Savage The mizen of the vessel was still hoisted up, but the sheet had disengaged itself from the belaying-pin, and the sail had been rent from the bolt-rope by the storm. The King's Own The tramp of the soldiers’ feet was scarcely over when the lugger was alongside of us, her masts banging against our main and mizen chains as she rolled with the swell under our lee. Poor Jack The mizen, or spanker, or driver, or any of the gaff-sails, as they may be termed, when brailed up, are deemed furled; unless it blows hard, when they are farther secured by gaskets. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “Cut away the mizen mast,” cried the captain. A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn The captain had taken his post near the mizen rigging, so that he could see all parts alike, and his voice could be heard by Tom and the crew of the gun below him. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa “She’s a large ship, sir—main and mizen masts both gone,” reported Hardy, who had mounted up three or four ratlines of the main-rigging. The King's Own “Hast seen anything of Jack Trawl’s wherry?” asked old Tom over and over again of the men in the different boats, as they came in under their mizens and foresails. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler A small out-rigger over the stern of a boat, usually serving to extend the mizen. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The loss of her mizen told on her sailing. Paddy Finn I looked round for Tubbs, and when I returned on deck, much to my satisfaction I found him working at the mizen rigging with no one else near. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa “Gerald, lend me a hand to furl the mizen!” he sang out to a lad who had been actively engaged in the former operation. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley As she passed, something was thrown from the deck, and the next instant I observed, I fancied, some one leap from the mizen chains. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days A fore-and-aft sail of various shapes set on the mizen stay. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Gale number three now sprung up, and during the whole of it we lay under a balanced mizen. Hurricane Hurry There was a loud crash, followed by a groan: the mizen yard had parted, and, falling, had struck the old master, Captain Snow, to the deck. The Ferryman of Brill and other stories We had no place to fly to but up the mizen rigging. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures She was rigged with a mainsail, a mizen, and a foresail, to which they added a sliding bowsprit, so that a jib could be set in light winds, with a flying gaff topsail. The Three Admirals The officer in command of the third division of a fleet, whose flag is at the mizen. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Murray, followed by a party of men armed with axes, sprang into the main-chains to cut away the main rigging, while other officers were similarly engaged on that of the fore and mizen masts. The Three Lieutenants A man was standing in the mizen rigging. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat So great was the shock, that for the moment many thought we were going down, but instead of that our frigate was thrown athwart the ‘Minerve’s’ hawse, her bowsprit becoming entangled in our mizen rigging. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures “He’s got it, he’s—got—” The man who was joyfully shouting that stopped short as the rope ceased moving, and one, who was trying to use a telescope, shouted: “The mizen’s over!” Menhardoc A vessel of the galliot order, equipped with two masts—viz. the main and mizen masts—usually from 100 to 250 tons burden. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. With a mighty struggle the frigate came to the wind, the main and mizen trysails were sheeted home, the fore-topsail was braced sharp up. The Three Lieutenants At last, directly after another broadside, down came his spanker gaff, shot away in the jaws, while the mizen topsail braces shared the same fate. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat Bob, who had made a spring for the weather mizen rigging, was just passing a turn or two of a rope round his body when, happening to turn his head, he saw Blanche fall. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific All they could see was an occasional glimpse of the mizen of the ship, with a dark patch of clustering humanity. Menhardoc A complete system of parallel lines, hoisted between the main and mizen masts twice a week to dry the washed clothes of the seamen. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Put me alongside under her mizen chains, my lad. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Meanwhile I had sprung into the lee mizen rigging, and from that situation was anxiously scanning the sea ahead and upon the lee bow. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship By breakfast-time the aspect of the sky was so threatening that Captain Blyth gave instructions to have all the lighter canvas taken in, leaving the ship under topsails, courses, fore-topmast staysail, jib, and mizen. The Missing Merchantman Then her tall main-mast fell forward, apparently snapped off close to the deck, carrying with it the fore-mast; while the mizen, that had been sloping slightly backward, now leaned over toward the shore. Menhardoc An admiral still displays his flag exclusively at the main truck; a vice-admiral at the fore; a rear-admiral at the mizen. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Man the braces fore and aft; square away the yards and brail in the mizen. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Brail in the spanker, and shiver the mizen topsail!” Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship I therefore set the boat going on her correct compass course, and then, releasing the yoke-lines, I endeavoured to render the craft self-steering by adjusting the fore and mizen sheets. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn The fortress of Bastia let fly first, and made a terrible fire, particularly against the commodore's ship, whose flag was beat down three times, and her main and mizen masts broke. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica Each ship takes the guard in turn at 9 A.M.; the vessel thus on duty hoists the union-jack at the mizen, and performs the duties afloat for twenty-four hours. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Immediate directions were given to cut away the main and mizen masts, trusting when the ship righted, to be able to wear her. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 The rolling of the barque was awful at two in the morning, and, at last, one violent kick parted the mizen rigging on the starboard side. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary At half-past nine, the Arethusa shot away her main and mizen masts, and compelled her to surrender. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth At midnight, orders were given to furl the fore and mizen topsails. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle For this purpose the mizen top-sail is generally used; a hawser should be kept ready to wind her, and if the wind falls she must be hove apeak.—To back and fill. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The other, when the accounts reached him, hurried down, and watching for a favourable moment, crawled on all fours along the weather gunwale to his son, who was in the mizen rigging. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals The foremast was stepped exactly amidships, while the mizen was placed close to the stern. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles By-and-bye the courses are reefed, and before dark the mainsail is rolled up, the fore and mizen topsails handed, and the top-gallant yards sent on deck. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels By this time, our fore topmast was over the side, main topsail down, yard shot away, mizen top-gallant mast and main-sail—indeed, every sail—in tatters. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 Also, a narrow decked galley-built vessel in great use there, of one or two masts, and some have a small mizen; they carry lateen sails. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At ten o'clock, the main and mizen masts fell, and all the guns on the main-deck were dismounted. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 If we put a red flag on the mizen shrouds or the mizen yard-arm, we would have all the flagships to come up in the wake or grain of us. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. According to the old proverb, Misfortunes seldom come single; the mizen was now the only mast on board the Resolution that remained rigged, with its top-mast up. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 For, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the wind, veering round to the N.W., began to blow so strong, that we were brought under our foresail and mizen stay-sail. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The flags borne on the mizen were particularly called gallants. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The captured ship lost it's mizen mast during the action; and the main and fore masts were so damaged, that they both gave way on the very first attempt to carry a press of sail. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 If the admiral hoist up a white flag at the mizen yard-arm or topmast-head all the small frigates of his squadron are to come under his stern for orders. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. About four o'clock in the morning, the quarter-deck being no longer tenable, all the crew were obliged to betake themselves to the main and mizen chains. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 The main and mizen stays stretched from mast to mast; the fore stays were more perpendicular, as they stretched from the masts to the jib-boom and bowsprit. Windjammers and Sea Tramps The anchor was accordingly hove short, and the mizen hoisted, when we landed this morning, in a drenching rain. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months On the 5th a sudden squall of wind carried away the Resolution's mizen top-mast. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time A pennant on the mizen peak or ensign staff if any ship bear away from the enemy to stop a leak. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. The weather grew worse and worse; the boat, under a close-reefed mizen on the bumpkin stepped as a foremast, was steered with an oar by the second master. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 The smack had no mainsail to steady her, but the best was done by heaving her to under foresail and mizen. A Dream of the North Sea The sails had been flapping, more or less, all day, and at the change of the dog-watches, at six o'clock, Tom ordered the men aft to stow the mizen. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The fort then fired other two guns, which were meant to strike us, one being aimed between the mizen and ancient staff, and the other between the main and foremasts. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 When I would have all the fireships to prime, I will hoist a chequered blue and yellow pennant at the mizen topmast-head. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. Orders were given to cut away the lanyards of the main and mizen rigging, when the masts fell with a tremendous crash over the larboard-side: the foremast followed immediately after. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 It was a smack, and her lights had gone wrong somehow; she was moving but slowly, and she let the Mission vessel off with a hole in the mizen. A Dream of the North Sea In this guise the Centurion was sore galled and battered, her main-mast greatly wounded, all her sails filled with shot holes, and her mizen mast and stern rendered almost unserviceable. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 About four o'clock p.m. we had sight of the town of Mokha; and about five, while luffing with a strong wind, we split our main-top-sail, and putting abroad our mizen, it split likewise. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 If the admiral put a red flag on the mizen shrouds, or the mizen peak, all the flagships are to come up into his wake or grain. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. The captain then ordered the main and mizen masts to be cut away, and the foremast soon afterwards went by the board. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 The gaff of the mizen had broken away, halliards and all, as if a supernatural knife had been drawn across by a strong hand. A Dream of the North Sea A gun is fired at eight o'clock in the morning from the ship where it is to be held, and a union flag is displayed at the mizen peak. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Abreast of Sir Edward Codrington was the French admiral, distinguished by the large white flag at the mizen. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829 If the admiral hoist up a white flag at the mizen yard-arm or topmast-head, all the small frigates in his squadron are to come under his stern for orders. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. The Sheerness had parted her cables during the night, and for a time her situation was exceedingly perilous, it was impossible to stand upon deck till the main and mizen masts had been cut away. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 This Lewis and another boy were taken with him, and brought into the island hanging by the middle at the mizen peak. The Pirates Own Book Next followed the mizen staysail, which was spread in the same manner. The Crater On the 29th, we met with another very severe gale at E.N.E., which soon obliged us to strike our top-gallant-yards, and lie too, under our mizen and mizen stay sail. Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. When the admiral hoisteth a white flag at the mizen peak, then all the small frigates of his squadron that are not in the line of battle are to come under his stern. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. They procured a small tow-line, which being held by one end on the beach, they made fast to the mizen chains of the ship. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 He maintained his station on the mizen top-mast that lay among the wreck to leeward; the surf which was rushing round the bow and stern continually overwhelming him. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829 The Courses are the mainsail, foresail, and the mizen. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 The fore and main-top-gallant sails were fluttering in the breeze at this very moment,--it blew rather too fresh for the mizen,--and then their bosoms were distended, and their bow-lines hauled. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" If for the state and condition of a particular ship, I make the signal for the lieutenant of that ship, with the flag at the mizen peak. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. The mainmast fell over the side about twenty minutes after the vessel struck, and the mizen and foremasts followed. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 The mizen mast and main topmast had been cut away, and there were a few marks of the axe upon her mainmast. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Captain Berry, who had lately been Nelson's first lieutenant, was the first man who leaped into the enemy's mizen chains. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson The change of course had one good effect, however: it brought our pursuer so far on our quarter, that, standing at the capstan, I saw him through the mizen rigging. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" If the general hoist up a white flag on the mizen yard-arm or topmast-head, all small frigates in his squadron are to come under his stern for orders. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. The mizen is entirely worked by the ‘young gentlemen’; so we never see the sailors, and, at present, are not allowed to go forward. Letters from the Cape Finding it was likely to overblow, we took in our sprit-sail, and stood by to hand the fore-sail; but making foul weather, we looked the guns were all fast, and handed the mizen. Gulliver's Travels The vessel was four-masted, with two round tops on each mast, except the shortest mizen. Men of Invention and Industry Marble hove from the mizen chains, the rope was caught, and a motion of my hand told Neb to keep the ship off, until everything drew. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" Stretched on my back, with nothing but the blue sky above me, and an occasional view of the mizen as the vessel rolled, I was at least alone with my sickness and my thoughts. The Captain of the Polestar She was leaning against the mizen shrouds, between the coils of rope. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home Except to trim the boats; look out for the mizen sheets or somethg o' that kind. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 Mallet was at work in the larboard, or weather, mizen chains, ready to lend me a hand. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast They did not hail us; one of them had an Admiral's blue flag at the mizen. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 There the enemy having hoisted a red flag at the mizen top-mast-head of the largest ship, landed their forces upon the island, and erected a battery, with twenty eighteen pounders mounted on it. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 As she stood away we saw an officer leap on to the taffrail, holding on by the mizen backstays. Jim Davis "I told you so, Mafame," said the man; "what are you skylarking about the mizen—chains for, man?—Come in, will you, come in." Tom Cringle's Log The fore, main, and mizen tops were all above water, as were a part of the bow-sprit, and part of the ensign-staff, with the ensign upon it. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea They had to cut down the mainmast, and, when morning came, the mizen. An Antarctic Mystery "Shall we have the mizen?" inquired one of the men, pointing to the mast, which lay on the rocks. The Little Savage We felt a rush and shock, and our mizen mast and sail went over the side. Jim Davis Before leaving the ice, Sandell and Bickerton had fixed an aerial between the fore and mizen masts, while the former installed a wireless receiving-apparatus within the narrow limits of his cabin. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The fore, main and mizen top-gallant-masts make nine—and the fore, main and mizen royals make just twelve. Jack Tier The corpse, completely frozen, having been laid at the foot of the mizen mast, Captain Len Guy approached and examined it long and closely, as though he sought to recognize it. An Antarctic Mystery In a few minutes the schooner, under her mizen, brigantine, topsail, and topgallant sail, loosed from her moorings and made full sail through the straits. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth The mizen hid them from the man at the wheel, and the twilight of tropical stars held the main-deck. For the Term of His Natural Life When the baskets had been filled, they were hoisted by hand-power on to a derrick which had been fixed to the mizen mast, swung inboard and then shovelled into a melting tank alongside the engine-room. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 At the next discharge the pirate chipped the mizen mast, and knocked a sailor into dead pieces on the forecastle. Hard Cash By nine o’clock at night we got a pretty good offing, but the wind still increasing, I took in my main-top-sail, being able to carry no more sail than two courses and the mizen. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier Soon after, the foresail was reefed, and we mizen-top men were sent up to take another reef in the mizen topsail. Two Years Before the Mast He hailed the mizen top: "Can you two hinder them from firing that gun?" Hard Cash The ship was square on the foremast and schooner-rigged on the main and mizen masts. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The elephant gun popped and the rifle cracked in the Agra's mizen top, and the man at the pirate's helm jumped into the air and fell dead: both Theorists claimed him. Hard Cash All night the Agra showed three lights at her mizen peak for him, and kept a sharp look out. Hard Cash The yard at length came down safe, and after it, the fore and mizen royal-yards were sent down. Two Years Before the Mast I saw him from the mizen topsail yard, and knew him well. Two Years Before the Mast She sailed well, and presented a fine appearance; the proud, aristocratic-looking banner of St. George, the cross in a blood-red field, waving from the mizen. Two Years Before the Mast Dodd bustled and had the hawser carefully payed out by two men, while he himself secured the other end in the mizen top: he had left that mast standing on purpose. Hard Cash They were all tripped and lowered together, the main on the starboard side, and the fore and mizen, to port. Two Years Before the Mast The mizen topsail hung in the bunt-lines until everything was furled forward. Two Years Before the Mast The English lad and myself sent down the main, which was larger than the Pilgrim's main top-gallant yard; two more light hands, the fore; and one boy, the mizen. Two Years Before the Mast The fore and mizen top-gallant sails were taken in, in the same silent manner; and we lay motionless upon the water, with an uneasy expectation, which, from the long suspense, became actually painful. Two Years Before the Mast |
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