peak halliards

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• halliards

  , haulyards The ropes or tackles usually employed to hoist or lower any sail upon its respective y...

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• Peak

  ·noun The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. II. Peak ·vi To <<Pry>>; to peep slyly. III. Pea...

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• peak

  Any kind of lace. ...

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• to peak

  To peep; to pry into. It is quite common in the popular language of New England to hear this word, w...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• peak

  The more or less conical summit of a mountain whether isolated or forming part of a chain. Also, the...

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• gaff-halliards

  See halliards. ...

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• throat-halliards

  Ropes or tackles applied to hoist the inner part of the gaff, and its portion of the sail, and hook ...

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• after-peak

  The contracted part of a vessel's hold, which lies in the run, or aftermost portion of the hold, in ...

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• fore-peak

  The contracted part of a vessel's hold, close to the bow; close forward under the lower deck. ...

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• peak, to

  To raise a gaff or lateen yard more obliquely to the mast. To stay peak, or ride a short stay peak, ...

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• peak purchase

  A purchase fitted in cutters to the standing peak-halliards to sway it up taut. ...

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• peak down-haul

  A rope rove through a block at the outer end of the gaff to haul it down by. ...

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• peak of an anchor

  The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...

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