·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Heave.
II. Heaving ·noun A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
The cry to arrest the capstan when nippers are jammed, or any other impediment occurs in heaving in ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Is the act of advancing or drawing a ship forwards by heaving on a cable or rope made fast to some f...
Causing a ship to recede or go backwards, by heaving on a cable or other rope fastened to some fixed...
(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...
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. ...