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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 HEAVING-short to HIGH AND DRY HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD HOLD to HORSE HOLD HOLDING-on HOLDING-water HOLLOA! HOME HOME (anchoring) HOMMOC HOOD HOOK HORSE HOUNDS to HURRICANE Search Contact us
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HOLD to HORSEHOLDHOLD, in navigation, is generally understood to signify a particular situation of a ship with regard to the shore, by which she is enabled to keep within a sufficient distance, to facilitate her course, or answer some other important object. Hence we say, Keep a good hold of the land! or, Keep the shore well aboard! which are synonymous phrases, implying to keep near, or in sight of the land.
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