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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf Icel. hals, h[=a]ls, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS heals neck. See {Collar}, and cf {Halse} to embrace.] 1. A hawse hole. --Harris. 2. (Naut.) a The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. b The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. c That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. {Athwart hawse}. See under {Athwart}. {Foul hawse}, a hawse in which the cables cross each other or are twisted together. {Hawse block}, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also {hawse plug}. {Hawse hole}, a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes. {Hawse piece}, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut. {Hawse plug}. Same as {Hawse block} (above). {To come in at the hawse holes}, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant] {To freshen the hawse}, to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hawse n : anchor rope passes through this hole [syn: {hawsehole}, {hawsepipe}]
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