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Kedge :: Kedge (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it..

Haul :: Haul (v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t..

Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..

Haulse :: Haulse (v.) See Halse.

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

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

Brail :: Brail (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail..

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..

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

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

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

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..

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

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

Helm :: Helm (n.) See Haulm, straw..

Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..

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

Leeboard :: Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught..

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