Causing a ship to recede or go backwards, by heaving on a cable or other rope fastened to some fixed point behind her. This more immediately applies to drawing a vessel off a shoal.
·adv Behind a ship; in the rear. II. Astern ·adv In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Any distance behind a vessel; in the after-part of the ship; in the direction of the stern, and ther...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Heave>>. II. Heaving ·noun A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sig...
The cry to arrest the capstan when nippers are jammed, or any other impediment occurs in heaving in ...
Is the act of advancing or drawing a ship forwards by heaving on a cable or rope made fast to some f...
(See careening.) The bringing one of a ship's sides down into the water, by means of purchases on th...
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing. ...
The act of loosing or unfurling a sail; particularly applied to the staysails; or in the tops, footi...
The act of turning the capstan, &c., till the rope applied thereto becomes straight and ready for ac...
To slacken a ship's way, so as to suffer another one to pass beyond her. Also, distancing a competit...
To lessen a ship's way so as to allow another to get ahead of her. To be driven backwards. ...
Riding hard, pitching and sending. ...
Working at the windlass or capstan with more than usual exertion. ...
The act of tacking, when, the wind being ahead, great pressure is thrown upon the stays. ...
The utmost effect to be produced by careening, viz. to raise the keel out of the water in order to r...
The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold. ...