hawse : Idioms & Phrases

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Athwart hawse

  • across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance.
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Elbow in the hawse

  • (Naut.), the twisting together of two cables by which a vessel rides at anchor, caused by swinging completely round once. Totten.
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Foul hawse

  • a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together.
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Hawse block

  • a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; called also hawse plug.
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Hawse hole

  • a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes.
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Hawse piece

  • one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut.
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Hawse plug

  • . Same as Hawse block (above).
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Open hawse

  • (Naut.), a hawse in which the cables are parallel or slightly divergent. Cf. Foul hawse, under Hawse.
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To clear hawse

  • (Naut.), to disentangle the cables when twisted.
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To come in at the hawse holes

  • to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. Cant
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To freshen the hawse

  • to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
  • to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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