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. THOMPSON'S COAST PILOP. -- 155 Hatt, to call to another ship. | Hulliards, the ropes by which the sails are hoisted ; as, the oe hal- liurds, or jib-halliards, ete. Handing, the same as furling. Hard a-weather, put the tiller quite up to windward. Haul, pull. ; To haul the wind, to direct the ship's course nearer to the point from which the wind blows. soe the holes in the bows of the ship through which the cables Clap a service in the hawse,; put eee: round dani cable at the haenediole to prevent its chafing.-- To clear hawse, is to untwist the cables where a ship is moored, and has got a foul hawse.--Athwart hawse, is to be across or before another ship's head. Hawser, a small kind of cable. Head-fust, a rope employed to confine the head of a ship to a wharf or to some other ship. Headmost, the situation of any ship or ships which are the most advanced in a fleet.--Head-sails, all the sails which belong to the foremast and bow- sprit. Head sea. When the waves meetthe head of a ship in her course, they are called a head-sea. It is likewise applied toa single wave coming in that direction. | | - Head to wind, the situation of aship when her head is turned to the point from which the wind blows, as it must be when tacking. Head-way, the motion of advancing, used in opposition to stern-way. To heave, to turn about a capstan, or other machine of the like kind, by | means of bars, handspikes, ete.--Zo heave ahead, to advance the ship by heaving in the cable or other rope fastened to an anchor at some distance before her.-- Zo heave a-peak, to heave in the cable till the anchor is a-peak. To heave astern, to move a ship backwards by an operation similar to that of heaving ahead.--To heave down, to careen.--To heave in the cable, to draw the cable into the ship, by turning the capstan.--7o heave in stays, to bring a ship's head to the wind, by a management of the sails and rudder, in order to get on the other tack.-- To heave out, to unfurl or loose a sail; more particularly applied to the staysails; thus we say) loose the topsails, and heave out the staysails.--7o heave short, to draw so much of the cable into the ship as that she will be almost perpendicularly over her anchor.-- To heave tight or taut, to turn the capstan round till the rope or cable becomes' straightened.--To heave the lead, to throw the lead overboard, in order to find the depth of water.--Zo heave the log, to throw the log over- board, in order to find the velocity of the ship.--Heave the capstan, that is, turn it round with the bars.--Heuve handsomely, heave gently or leisurely. Heave hearty, heave strong and quick.