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Ahead
·adv Headlong; without restraint. II. Ahead ·adv In or to the front; in advance; onward. ...

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ahead
Originally a sea-term. Farther onward than another.--Johnson. This word has now become very common...

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ahead
A term especially referable to any object farther onward, or immediately before the ship, or in the ...

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Heaving
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Heave>>. II. Heaving ·noun A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sig...

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go ahead
To proceed; to go forward. A seaman's phrase which has got I was tired out and wanted a day to rest...

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go ahead!
or go on! The order to the engineer in a steamer. ...

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turn ahead!
A self-explanatory order to the engineer, in regulating the movement of a steamer. ...

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avast heaving!
The cry to arrest the capstan when nippers are jammed, or any other impediment occurs in heaving in ...

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heaving astern
Causing a ship to recede or go backwards, by heaving on a cable or other rope fastened to some fixed...

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heaving down
(See careening.) The bringing one of a ship's sides down into the water, by means of purchases on th...

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heaving in
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing. ...

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heaving out
The act of loosing or unfurling a sail; particularly applied to the staysails; or in the tops, footi...

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heaving taut
The act of turning the capstan, &c., till the rope applied thereto becomes straight and ready for ac...

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forge ahead, to
To shoot ahead, as in coming to an anchor a motion or moving forwards. A vessel forges ahead when ho...

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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!) ...

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heaving and setting
Riding hard, pitching and sending. ...

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heaving a strain
Working at the windlass or capstan with more than usual exertion. ...

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heaving in stays
The act of tacking, when, the wind being ahead, great pressure is thrown upon the stays. ...

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heaving keel out
The utmost effect to be produced by careening, viz. to raise the keel out of the water in order to r...

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heaving through all
The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold. ...

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