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H HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH to HANKS HARBOUR to HAWSE HAWSE-HOLES to HEAD-ROPE HAWSE-HOLES HAWSE-PIECES HAWSER HEAD HEAD of the Ship By the HEAD HEAD-FAST HEAD-LAND HEADMOST HEAD-ROPE HEAD-SAILS to HEAVING-out HEAVING-short to HIGH AND DRY HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD HOLD to HORSE HOUNDS to HURRICANE Search Contact us
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HAWSE-PIECESHAWSE-PIECES, a name given to the foremost timbers of a ship, whose lower ends rest upon the knuckle-timber, or the foremost of the cant-timbers., They are generally parallel to the stem, having their upper ends sometimes terminated by the lower part of the beak-head; and otherwise, by the top of the bow, particularly in small ships and merchantmen.
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