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Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..

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

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..

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..

Overhauling :: Overhauling (n.) A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

Boxhauling :: Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

Overhall :: Overhall (v. t.) See Overhaul.

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

Reaumur :: Reaumur (a.) Of or pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.

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

Box :: Box (v. t.) To boxhaul.

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

Earing :: Earing (n.) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.

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..

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

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

Keelrake :: Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.

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

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

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction..

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