Synonymous with hill, and meaning generally any ground above the common level of the place. Our early navigators used the word as a synonym of latitude.
·noun Progress toward eminence; grade; degree. II. Height ·noun Degree of latitude either north or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
See main-breadth. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In ship-building, is a delineation generally in two lines upper and lower determining the height of ...
A former perquisite of seamen on getting safely through a particular navigation. ...
Used for the depth of the hold. ...