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
HOLD to HORSE
HOLD
HOLDING-on
HOLDING-water
HOLLOA!
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HOLD
HOLD, in navigation, is generally understood to signify a particular situation of a ship with regard to the shore, by which she is enabled to keep within a sufficient distance, to facilitate her course, or answer some other important object. Hence we say, Keep a good hold of the land! or, Keep the shore well aboard! which are synonymous phrases, implying to keep near, or in sight of the land.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 156, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0711.html