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

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..

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

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

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

Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

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..

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

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

Haum :: Haum (n.) See Haulm, stalk..

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

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

Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..

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