H
HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH to HANKS
HARBOUR to HAWSE
HAWSE-HOLES to HEAD-ROPE
HAWSE-HOLES
HAWSE-PIECES
HAWSER
HEAD
HEAD of the Ship
By the HEAD
HEAD-FAST
HEAD-LAND
HEADMOST
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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HEAD-FAST
HEAD-FAST, (amarre d'avant, Fr.) a rope employed to fasten a ship to wharf, chain, or buoy, or to some other vessel along-side.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 149, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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