crossjack, mizzen course
(noun) the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crossjack (plural crossjacks)
(nautical) On a mizzenmast, the lowest square sail
• mizzen course
Source: Wiktionary
Cross"jack` (krs"jk` or kr"jk`), n. (Naut.)
Definition: The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 February 2025
(noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; “floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
