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7 words match “HEADWAY”

HEADWAY n. 2 definitions
The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
DEADEN v.
To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
FETCH v. 2 definitions
to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. -- To fetch headway or sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. -- To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble]" Addison. -- To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up…
HEADROOM n.
See Headway, 2.
HOLD v.
hold water. [Collog.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.
MAKE v.
free with. See under Free, a. -- To make good. See under Good. -- To make head, to make headway. -- To make light of. See under Light, a. -- To make little of. (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily. -- To make love to. See under Love, n. -- To make meat, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] -…
WINNING n.
The portion of a coal field out for working. Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. -- Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.