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HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH to HANKS
HARBOUR to HAWSE
HAWSE-HOLES to HEAD-ROPE
HEAD-SAILS to HEAVING-out
HEAD-SAILS
HEAD-TO-WIND
HEAD-WAY
HEART
HEAVER
HEAVING
HEAVING the lead
HEAVING a-head
HEAVING-down
HEAVING-out
HEAVING-short to HIGH AND DRY
HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD
HOLD to HORSE
HOUNDS to HURRICANE
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HEAVING a-head
HEAVING a-head, is advancing the ship by heaving-in the cable, or other rope, which is fastened to an anchor at some distance before her. To heave a-stem is therefore to draw- the ship backwards by the same operation.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 149, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0688.html