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192 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. rope or cable becomes straightened.-- Zo heave the lead, to throw the lead overboard, in order to find the depth of water.--TZo heave the log, to throw the log overboard, in order to find the velocity of the ship.--Leave the cap- stan, that is, turn it round with the bars.--Heave handsomely, heave gently or leisurely. oan hearty, heave strong and quick. 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. Mitch, to make fast. Hoist, to haul, sway, or lift up. Hold, is the space between the lower deck and the bottom of the lee where her cargo, etc., lie. | To stow the hold, . to place the things in it. To hold its own, is applied to the relative situation of two ships when 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 topsail-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 of masts into or out of ships by means of shears, from whence it is called a sheer hulk. Horse, a rope reaching from the middle of a yard to its arms or extrem- ities, for the men to stand on when they are loosing, reefing, or furling a sail. 3 : 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.--Zo hull a vessel, is to fire a shot into any part of her hull. | Huil down, is when aship 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.--Huli to, the situation of a ship when she lies with all her sails furled, as in trying. In stays. See Zo heave in stays. J AMMING, the act of enclosing any object between two bodies, so as to render it immovable. Jeer-blocks, the blocks through which jeers are reeved.