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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HOIST
HOIST, (guidant, Fr.) the perpendicular heighth of a flag or ensign, as opposed to the fly, which implies it's breadth from the staff to the outer edge.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 155, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0705.html