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mizzen 1. A mizzen sail is a small sail (triangular or gaff) on a ketch or yawl set abaft the mizzenmast. [2] 2. A mizzen staysail is an occasional lightweight staysail on a ketch or yawl, set forward of the mizzenmast while reaching in light to moderate airs. [2] 3. A mizzenmast is a mast on a ketch or yawl, or spritsail barge.
The lyrics to this song first appeared in the 1780 English children's book Mirth Without Mischief. Some of the words have changed over the years. For example, "four calling birds" was originally ...
The album's first single, "What Christmas Means to Me", was released on 7 September 2022.[1] [3] "Bring on Christmas Day", an original song which was written and produced by Stone, was released as a promotional single on YouTube on 16 September 2022, [4] followed by a lyric video for "Winter Wonderland" on 30 September. [5]
Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship. Nearly all sailing masts are guyed. [2] Until the mid-19th century, all vessels' masts were made of wood formed from a single or several pieces of timber which typically consisted of the trunk of a conifer tree. From the 16th century, vessels were ...
The word 'snow' comes from 'snauw', which is an old Dutch word for beak, a reference to the characteristic sharp bow of the vessel. [1] The snow evolved from the (three-masted) ship: the mizzen mast of a ship was gradually moved closer towards the mainmast, until the mizzen mast was no longer a separate mast, but was instead made fast at the main mast top.
"Dear Santa" is a Christmas song by American band OneRepublic, released a standalone single through Mosley and Interscope Records on October 21, 2023. [1] A piano version of the song was released simultaneously.
According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in the time signature of common time. It is composed in the key of G Major with Roger Daltrey's vocal range spanning from G 3 to A 4. [4] The song makes repeated use of suspended fourth chords that resolve to triads.
A xebec (/ ˈ z iː b ɛ k / or / z ɪ ˈ b ɛ k /), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea.