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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To HAUL
To HAUL, (baler, Fr.) an expression peculiar to seamen, implying to pull a single rope, without the assistance of blocks, or other mechanical powers: when a rope is otherwise pulled, as by the application of tackles, or the connection with blocks, &c. the term is changed into bowsing. See also the articles BOWSE, HOIST, and ROWSING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 145, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0668.html