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Mixen vs Mizen - What's the difference?

mixen | mizen |

As nouns the difference between mixen and mizen

is that mixen is a compost heap; a dunghill while mizen is .

mixen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A compost heap; a dunghill.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Tennyson)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    mizen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • But presently, catching hold of the mizen shrouds, he swings himself to the deck, and in an even, unexhilarated voice, saying, "Dinner, Mr. Starbuck," disappears into the cabin.