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HAWSER (in sense and See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form as if from " hawse," which, from the 16th-See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century form halse, is derived from See also:

Teutonic I01 pals, See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck, of which there i$ a Scandinavian use in the sense of the forepart of a See also:

SHIP

ship; the two words are not etymologically connected; " hawser " is from an O. Fr. haucier, See also:

HAUSSER, LUDWIG (1818–1867)

hausser, to raise, See also:

TOW

tow, hoist, from the See also:

LATE

Late See also:

LAT

Lat. altiare, to lift, altus, high), a small See also:

cable or thick rope used at See also:

sea for the purposes of mooring or warping, in the See also:

case of large vessels made of See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel. When a cable or tow See also:

LINE

line is made of three or more small See also:

ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes it is said to be " hawser-laid." The " hawse " of a ship is that See also:

PART

part of the bows where the " hawse-holes " are made. These are two holes cut in the bows of a See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel for the cables to pass through, having small See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast-See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron pipes, called " hawse-pipes," fitted into them to prevent See also:

ABRASION (from Lat. ab, off, and radere, to scrape)

abrasion. In See also:

BAD, BCD

bad See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather at sea these holes are plugged up with " hawse-plugs " to prevent the See also:

WATER

water entering. The phrase to enter the service by the " hawse-holes " is used of those who have risen from before the See also:

mast to commissioned See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in the See also:

NAVY

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