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Touze :: Touze (v. t. & i.) To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.

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..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course..

Keelhauling :: Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhau.

Hauling :: Hauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hau.

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

Overhaul :: Overhaul (v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs..

Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..

Bowse :: Bowse (v. i.) To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together..

Boxhauled :: Boxhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Boxhau.

Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

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

Overhauling :: Overhauling () 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..

Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To haul; to hoist.

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Tug :: Tug (v. t.) To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port..

Inboard :: Inboard (a. & adv.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard..

Haulse :: Haulse (v.) See Halse.

Haulage :: Haulage (n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling..

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