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Overhall :: Overhall (v. t.) See Overhaul.

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Hawm :: Hawm (n.) See Haulm, straw..

Lead :: Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment..

Touze :: Touze (v. t. & i.) To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.

Janker :: "Janker (n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs..

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

Tug :: Tug (v. t.) To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port..

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull or draw with force; to drag.

Keelhauled :: Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhau.

Halm :: Halm (n.) Same as Haulm.

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..

Overhaul :: Overhaul (v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs..

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

Mainsheet :: Mainsheet (n.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

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..

Brail :: Brail (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail..

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

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction..

Haulage :: Haulage (n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling..

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