Obs.0 = PEAK v.3 1.

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1644.  Manwayring, Seaman’s Dict., 68. Speek the Missen, (that is, put the yard right up and downe by the mast).

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1711.  Milit. & Sea Dict., s.v. Spell, This Word is most commonly us’d to the Mizzen-Sail; for when they take it in, or speek it up, they say spell the Mizzen.

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