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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

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

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..

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

Halm :: Halm (n.) Same as Haulm.

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..

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..

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

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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