H
HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH to HANKS
HARBOUR to HAWSE
HAWSE-HOLES to HEAD-ROPE
HEAD-SAILS to HEAVING-out
HEAVING-short to HIGH AND DRY
HEAVING-short
HEAVING-taught
HEEL
HEEL of a mast
HEEL of a top-mast
To HEEL
HELM
HIGH AND DRY
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HEAVING-short
HEAVING-short, is the drawing so much of the cable into the ship, by means of the capstern or windlass, as that by advancing, she will be almost perpendicularly above the anchor, and in a proper situation to set sail.
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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/0691.html