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
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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HITCH
HITCH, (clef, Fr.) a sort of knot or noose, by which one rope is fastened to another, or to some other object, as a post, ring, timber-head, mast, &c. Hence we say an half-hitch, demi-clef, a clove-hitch, a rolling-hitch, &c. See BEND and KNOT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 155, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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