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

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

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..

Keelhaul :: Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies..

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)..

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

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

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

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..

Pull :: Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope..

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

Keelhauled :: Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhau.

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

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..

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

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

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..

Outhaul :: Outhaul (n.) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul.

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

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

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