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Clubhaul :: Clubhaul (v. t.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..

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

Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..

Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..

Haul :: Haul (n.) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred..

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..

Chauldron :: Chauldron (n.) See Chawdron.

Team :: Team (v. t.) To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber..

Hauling :: Hauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hau.

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

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

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

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..

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..

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

Overhaul :: Overhaul (n.) Alt. of Overhaulin.

Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..

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

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