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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

HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD
HIGH WATER
HITCH
HOASE or HOSE
HOG
HOIST
HOISTING
HOLD
To trim the HOLD
After-HOLD
Fore-HOLD

HOLD to HORSE

HOUNDS to HURRICANE


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HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD

HIGH WATER

HIGH WATER, (haute marée, Fr.) the greatest heighth of the flood tide. See FLOOD and TIDE.


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