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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, ...
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