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
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To HEEL
To HEEL, (carguer, Fr.) to stoop or incline to either side. It is usually applied to a ship when she is forced into this position by the wind acting upon her sails, while braced obliquely across her; or by being ballasted so as to lean more to one side than the other. See the articles CRANK, STIFF, and TRIM.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 150, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0696.html