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nd the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle. Totten.

aler, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc. -- Junk hook (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck. -- Junk ring. (a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engine. (b) A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in place; (c) A follower. -- Junk shop, a shop where ol…

To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

Same as Keelhaul.

the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.

ard, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.

, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by. Totten. -- Leech rope, that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed.

To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden. They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.

One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

. (Naut.) (a) To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. (b) To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

d would go near to ruin him." Addison. -- Near the wind (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.

See Overhaul. [Obs.]

See Overhaul. [Obs.]

are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.

er. See Pull, n., 8. Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. R. H. Lyttelton. To pull and haul, to draw hither and thither. " Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. " South. -- To pull down, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. " In political affairs, as we…

Of or pertaining to René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Réaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented. -- n.

Violent; rough; rude. While romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport. While romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. Thomson.

full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. Swift. To round in (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. Totten. (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as on cattle ranches. [Western U.S.…

To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.