HOLA-HO, a cry which answers to yoe-hoe.

HOMME, a name frequently given as a token of distinction to an able or expert seaman.

HONNEUR, faire bonneur à une ecueil, &c. to give a good birth to, or keep aloof from any rock, or shoal, or other object which might intercept a ship's course.

HOPITAL, an hospital-ship, that attends on a fleet to receive the sick.

HORLOGE, an half-hour glass for regulating the watch.

HOUACHE, or SILLAGE, the wake or track of a ship in the sea, made by her passage through it.

HOUCRE. See HOURQUE.

HOULES, or lames de mer, the waves of a swelling or breaking sea.

HOULEUX, a rolling and turbulent sea.

HOUPÉE, the rise or swell of a wave; whence

Prendre la HOUPÉE, to watch the swell, as in mounting from a boat into a ship, when the boat rises.

HOURAGAN. See OURAGAN.

HOURSE, or OURCE, the vangs of a mizen-gaff or yard.

HOURDI. See Lisse de HOURDI.

HOURQUE, a Dutch howker; a particular sort of hoy.

HOUVARI, a strong land-wind in the West-Indies, accompanied with rain, thunder, and lightning.

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