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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 HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD HOLD to HORSE HOUNDS to HURRICANE Search Contact us |
HEEL of a mastHEEL of a mast, the lower-end, which is diminished into the frustum of a pyramid, so as -to sink immoveably into a hole of the same shape, cut in the step, which is attached to the ship's keel.
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