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Rouse :: Rouse (v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances..

Haul :: Haul (n.) That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net..

Hault :: Hault (a.) Lofty; haughty.

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Haul :: Haul (v. i.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t..

Teaming :: Teaming (n.) The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team..

Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..

Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..

Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..

Boxhauling :: Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

Overhauled :: Overhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Overhau.

Keelhaul :: Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..

Forereach :: Forereach (v. t.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.

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