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H HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH to HANKS HARBOUR to HAWSE HAWSE-HOLES to HEAD-ROPE HEAD-SAILS to HEAVING-out HEAD-SAILS HEAD-TO-WIND HEAD-WAY HEART HEAVER HEAVING HEAVING the lead HEAVING a-head HEAVING-down 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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HEAVING a-headHEAVING a-head, is advancing the ship by heaving-in the cable, or other rope, which is fastened to an anchor at some distance before her. To heave a-stem is therefore to draw- the ship backwards by the same operation.
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