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TOWROPE | Hawser | |
HALSER | See Hawser. | |
BRIDLE | A mooring hawser. | |
HAWSER-LAID | Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage. | |
FLEET | To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser. | |
FAKE | One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. | |
SURGE | To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan). | |
MESSENGER | A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable. | |
WARP | 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. | |
LINE | A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. | |
GUESS WARP | A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object. | |
FAST | That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, ... |