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

Haul :: Haul (n.) A pulling with force; a violent pull.

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

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

Rouse :: Rouse (v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances..

Teaming :: Teaming (n.) The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team..

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

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

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

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

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..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..

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..

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

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..

Team :: Team (v. t.) To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber..

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

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

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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