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
HOUNDS to HURRICANE
HOUNDS
HOUSED
HOWKER
HOUSING, or HOUSE-LINE
HOY
HULK
HULL
HULL a ship
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HULL
HULL, (corps d'un vaisseau, Fr.) the frame, or body of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging: it is usually expressed of a ship either before she is furnished with masts, &c. or after she is dismasted and stripped of the aforesaid machinery.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 159, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0727.html