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TOWROPE |
Hawser |
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HALSER |
See Hawser. |
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BRIDLE |
A mooring hawser. |
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HAWSER-LAID |
Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and
see Illust. of Cordage. |
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FLEET |
To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or
windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser. |
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FAKE |
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it
lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. |
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SURGE |
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a
hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan). |
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MESSENGER |
A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two
ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used
for heaving in the cable. |
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WARP |
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. |
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LINE |
A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for
snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. |
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GUESS WARP |
A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped
along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to
be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object. |
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FAST |
That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring
rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow,
head, quarter, ... |