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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HARPINS
HARPINS, the fore-parts of the wales which encompass the bow of a ship, and are fastened to the stem, being thicker than the after part of the wales, in order to reinforce the ship in this place, where she sustains the reatest shock of resistance in plunging into the sea, or dividing it, under great pressure of sail.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 144, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0664.html