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Overhauling :: Overhauling () of Overhau.

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

Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

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

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course..

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

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..

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

Haul :: Haul (n.) A pulling with force; a violent pull.

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

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..

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..

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

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

Kedge :: Kedge (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it..

Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..

Hauls :: Hauls (n.) See Hals.

Haulm :: Haulm (n.) A part of a harness; a hame.

Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..

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