hitch

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A difficulty; an impediment.

All the hitches in the case of McNulty being got over, the gentlemen of the long robe set themselves at work in earnest.--N. Y. Com. Adv. 1845.

TO HITCH

To agree; to get along amicably.

I've been teamin' on't some for old Pendleton, and have come to drive a spell for this old feller, but I guess we shan't hitch long.--Mrs. Clavers, Forest Life, Vol. I. p. 116.

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Hitch
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hitch
to move, or walk. Norf. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hitch
A species of knot by which one rope is connected with another, or to some object. They are various; ...

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blackwall-hitch
A sort of tackle-hook guy, made by putting the bight of a rope over the back of the hook, and there ...

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clove-hitch
A knot or noose by which one rope is fastened to another. (See hitch.) Two half hitches round a spar...

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cow-hitch
A slippery or lubberly hitch. ...

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half-hitch
Pass the end of a rope round its standing part, and bring it up through the bight. (See three half-h...

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lee-hitch
The helmsman getting to leeward of the course. ...

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rolling-hitch
Pass the end of a rope round a spar or rope; take it round a second time, riding the standing part; ...

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slippery-hitch
See slip-knot ...

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timber-hitch
, is made by taking the end of a rope round a spar, and after leading it under and over the standing...

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marline-spike hitch
A peculiar hitch in marling, made by laying the marline-spike upon the seizing stuff, and then bring...

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