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Sn ee 156 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. ' Heave of the sea, is the power that the swell of the sea has upon a ship in driving her out, or faster on, in her course, and for which allowance is made in the day's work. Heel or incline.--She heels to port, that is, inclines or lays down upon her larboard or left side. Helm, the instrument by which the ship is steered, and includes both the wheel and the tiller as one general term.--Helm's a-lee, that is, the tiller is quite down to leeward. : High and dry, the situation of a ship when so far run aground as to be seen dry upon the strand. é Etch, to make fast. Hoist, to haul, sway, or lift up. Hold, is the space between the lower deck and the bottom of the ship, where her cargo, etc., lie. To stow the hold, is to place the things in it. To hold tts own, is applied to the relative situation of two ships when f neither advances upon the other; each is then said to hold its own. It is likewise said of a ship, which, by means of contrary winds, cannot make a progress towards her destined port, but which, however, keeps nearly the distance she had already run. . Home implies the proper situation of any object; as, Zo haul home the topsatl-sheets, is to extend the bottom of the topsail to the lower yard, by means of the sheets. In stowing a hold, a cask,-etc., is said to be home, when it lies close to some other object. Hulk, a ship without masts or rigging; also a vessel employed in the removal ofsmasts into or out of ships by means of sheers, from whence it is called a sheer hulk. Horse, a rope reaching from the middle of a yard to its arms or extremi- ties, for the men to stand on when they are loosing, reefing, or furling a sail. | a Hull of the ship, the body of it--To lay a-hull is to lay to with only a small sail, in a gale of wind.-- To hull a vessel, is to fire a shot into any part of her hull. } Hull down, is when a ship is so far off that you can only see her masts.-- To hull a ship, to fire cannon balls into her hull within the point-blank range.--Hull, to, the situation of a ship when she lies with all her sails furled, as in trying. In stays. See To heave in stays. JAMMING, the act of inclosing any object between two bodies, so as to render it immovable. Jeer-blocks, the blocks throngh which jeers are reeved. Jeers, the ropes by which the lower yards are suspended.