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Haul :: Haul (n.) That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net..

Janker :: "Janker (n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs..

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill..

Run :: Run (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels..

Whaul :: Whaul (n.) Same as Whall.

Overhauled :: Overhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Overhau.

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Haul :: Haul (n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred..

Hale :: Hale (v. t.) To pull; to drag; to haul.

Hauled :: Hauled (imp. & p. p.) of Hau.

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..

Overhaul :: Overhaul (n.) Alt. of Overhaulin.

Inhaul :: Inhaul (n.) Alt. of Inhaule.

Hauler :: Hauler (n.) One who hauls.

Forereach :: Forereach (v. t.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.

Lug :: Lug (v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome..

Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..

Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..

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