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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..

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

Overhaul :: Overhaul (v. t.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

Mainsheet :: Mainsheet (n.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag.

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..

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..

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

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

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

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

Lead :: Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment..

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