H
HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH to HANKS
HARBOUR to HAWSE
HARBOUR
HARD-A-LEE
HARD-A-WEATHER
HARPINS
Cat-HARPINS
HARPOON
HATCH or HATCHWAY
To HAUL
To HAUL the wind
HAWSE
HAWSE-HOLES to HEAD-ROPE
HEAD-SAILS to HEAVING-out
HEAVING-short to HIGH AND DRY
HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD
HOLD to HORSE
HOUNDS to HURRICANE
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HARD-A-WEATHER
HARD-A-WEATHER, (arrive tout, Fr.) the order to put the helm lose to the weather or windward side of the ship, in order to bear away. It is likewise the position of the helm, in consequence of that order; being in both senses opposed to hard-a-lee.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 144, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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