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OAKHAM or OAKUM to OPEN with a place
OPENING to OUT-FIT
OPENING
ORDINARY
ORLOP
OVER-BOARD
OVER-CAST-STAFF
OVER-HAULING
OVER-MASTED
OVER-SETTING
OUT
OUT-FIT
OUT OF TRIM to OWNER
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OVER-HAULING
OVER-HAULING, (parcourir, Fr.) the act of opening and extending the several parts of a tackle, or other assemblage of ropes, communicating with blocks or dead-eyes. It is used to remove those blocks to a sufficient distance from each other, that they may be again placed in a state of action, so as to produce the effect required. See the article TACKLE.OVER-HAULING, is also vulgarly expressed of an examination or inspection into the condition of a person or thing.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 208, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0915.html