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hawse

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hawse [hȯz]
(naval architecture)
The area in the bow of the ship where the hawsepipes are located.
The distance between the bow of a ship and the anchors.
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This is nothing more than riding with two anchors ahead, waiting for a turn in the tide, or a shift of wind, d’ye see, with a soft bottom and plenty of room for the sweep of your hawse.
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Have I lived this many years, and a son of a rum puncheon cock his hat athwart my hawse at the latter end of it?
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A sin gle brusque splash was followed by the long drawn rumbling of iron links running through the hawse pipe.
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