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hawse (n.)
"part of a ship's bow containing the hawse-holes," late 15c., from Old English or Old Norse
hals
"part of a ship's prow," literally "neck," from Proto-Germanic
*h(w)als-
(see
collar
). Respelled with
-aw-
16c.
