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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-LAND

HEAD-LAND, (acrotere, Fr.) a name frequently given to a cape, or promontory.


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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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