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Hawse
·noun A hawse hole. II. Hawse ·noun That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for th...

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hawse
This is a term of great meaning. Strictly, it is that part of a vessel's bow where holes are cut for...

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Open
·vi To bark on scent or view of the game. II. Open ·adj Produced by an open string; as, an open ton...

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open
The situation of a place which is exposed to the wind and sea. Also, applied in meteorology, to mild...

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foul hawse
When a vessel is riding with two anchors out, and the cables are crossed round each other outside th...

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hawse-bags
Canvas bags filled with oakum, used in heavy seas to stop the hawse-holes and prevent the water comi...

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hawse-blocks
Bucklers, or pieces of wood made to fit over the hawse-holes when at sea, to back the hawse-plugs. ...

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hawse-bolsters
Planks above and below the hawse-holes. Also, pieces of canvas stuffed with oakum and roped round, f...

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hawse-box
, or naval hood. Pieces of plank bolted outside round each of the hawse-holes, to support the proj...

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hawse-bucklers
Plugs of wood to fit the hawse-holes, and hatches to bolt over, to keep the sea from spurting in. ...

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hawse-fallen
To ride hawse-fallen, is when the water breaks into the hawse in a rough sea, driving all before it....

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hawse-full
Riding hawse-full; pitching bows under. ...

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hawse-holes
Cylindrical holes cut through the bows of a ship on each side of the stem, through which the cables ...

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hawse-hook
A compass breast timber which crosses the hawse-timber above the ends of the upper-deck planking, an...

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hawse-pieces
The timbers which compose the bow of a vessel, and their sides look fore and aft; it is a name given...

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hawse-pipe
A cast-iron pipe in the hawse-holes to prevent the cable from cutting the wood. ...

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hawse-plugs
Blocks of wood made to fit into the hawse-pipes, and put in from the outside to stop the hawses, and...

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hawse-timbers
The upright timbers in the bow, bolted on each side of the stem, in which the hawse-holes are cut. ...

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hawse-wood
A general name for the hawse-timbers. ...

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Open door
·add. ·- Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity. II. Open door ·add. ·...

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Open sea
·add. ·- A sea open to all nations. ·see Mare clausum. ...

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Open verdict
·add. ·- A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the c...

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Open-air
·adj Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting. ...

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Open-eyed
·adj With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. ...

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Open-handed
·adj Generous; liberal; munificent. ...

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Open-headed
·adj <<Bareheaded>>. ...

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Open-hearted
·adj Candid; frank; generous. ...

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Open-mouthed
·adj Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. ...

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Open place
Gen. 38:14, 21, mar. Enaim; the same probably as Enam (Josh. 15:34), a city in the lowland or Shephe...

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open arse
A medlar. See medlar. ...

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to re-open
To open again.--Webster. This word is much used. The theatre re-opens for the season. The schools re...

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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....

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open list
One of a ship's books, which contains the whole of the names of the actual officers and crew, in ord...

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open order
Any distance ordered to be preserved among ships, exceeding a cable's length. ...

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open pack
A body of drift ice, the pieces of which, though very near each other, do not generally touch. It is...

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open policy
Where the amount of the interest of the insured is not fixed by the policy, but is left to be ascert...

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open roadstead
A place of hazard, as affording no protection either from sea or wind. ...

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freshen hawse, to
To relieve that part of the cable which has for some time been exposed to friction in one of the haw...

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Open-hearth steel
·add. ·- ·see under <<Open>>. ...

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cross in the hawse
Is when a ship moored with two anchors from the bows has swung the wrong way once, whereby the two c...

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elbow in the hawse
Two crosses in a hawse. When a ship, being moored in a tide-way, swings twice the wrong way, thereby...

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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable. ...

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open lower deckers, to
To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language. ...

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round-turn in the hawse
A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...

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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...

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