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hawse-hole
ˈhawse-hole Naut. A cylindrical hole, of which there are two in the bows of a vessel, for the cable to run through. Phr. to enter (come, creep, get in) by the hawse-holes: to enter the service at the lowest grade, to rise from before the mast.1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Shipwright 8 Provided that the Ra... Oxford English Dictionary
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hawse-piece
ˈhawse-piece Naut. One of the timbers of a ship through which a hawse-hole is cut; one of the timbers which compose the bow of a vessel and whose sides look fore and aft.1680 Lond. Gaz. No. 1526/4 The Adventure Pink, Dogger built..new Hawse pieces. 1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Ecubiers..also t... Oxford English Dictionary
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hawse-pipe
ˈhawse-pipe Naut. A cast-iron pipe fitted into a hawse-hole to prevent the cable from abrading the wood.1865 Cornh. Mag. Apr. 465 The chain attached to the anchor, and made fast through a hawse-pipe to the bow or forepart of the vessel, acts as a pivot on which it swings. 1888 Daily News 16 Feb. 2/7... Oxford English Dictionary
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hawse-plug
ˈhawse-plug Naut. A plug made to fit into the hawse-pipe to prevent water from entering.1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 10 They [use] a Hause-plug at Sea. 1803 [see hawse-hole]. 1886 J. M. Caulfeild Seamanship Notes 8 When..heavy weather [is] expected..hawse-plugs [should be] put in. Oxford English Dictionary
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hawser
hawser Naut. (ˈhɔːzə(r)) Forms: 4 hauceour, hauucour, haucer, (5 erron. anwser), 5–8 hauser, 6 halsor, 6–9 halser, haulser, (7 haurser, harser, -or, hasar, 7–8 hasser), 5– hawser. [app. Anglo-Fr. hauceour, f. OF. haucier to hawse, hoist; in reference to the original purpose of a hawser. Cf. obs. F. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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hawse
▪ I. hawse, n.1 Naut. (hɔːz) Forms: 5–7 halse, 6 haulse, 7 hause (houlse, 8 harse), 6– hawse. [A phonetic spelling of 16th c. halse, haulse, app. a. ON. háls neck (cf. halse n.), fig. part of the forecastle or bow of a ship or boat, also, the front sheet or tack of a sail, the end of a rope, etc.] 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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mooring
mooring, vbl. n. (ˈmʊərɪŋ, ˈmɔərɪŋ) [f. moor v.1 + -ing1.] 1. The action of the verb moor v.11485 [see mooring-chain below]. 1495 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 162 The Bryngyng the seyd Ship to the Shore And for moryng of hyre there. 1626 Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 3 To haue..the command of the lon... Oxford English Dictionary
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