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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
HOLD to HORSE
HOLD
HOLDING-on
HOLDING-water
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HOOK
HOOK, a crooked piece of iron, of which there are several of different shapes and sizes used at sea, as boat-hooks, can-hooks, cat-hooks, fish-hooks, foot-hooks, &c. See the articles BOAT-HOOK, CAN-HOOK, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 157, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0719.html