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Definition: Athwart hawse
Hawse
\Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole,
or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[=a]ls,
neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See
Collar, and cf.
Halse to embrace.]
1. A hawse hole. --Harris.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored
with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on
the port bow.
(b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend;
as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul
hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
(c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse
holes for the cables.
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Athwart hawse. See under
Athwart.
Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other,
or are twisted together.
Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea;
-- called also
hawse plug.
Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through
which the hawse hole is cut.
Hawse plug. Same as
Hawse block (above).
To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service
at the lowest grade. [Cant]
To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and
bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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Athwart
\A*thwart"\, prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
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Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
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2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
standing athwart our course.
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Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
in contact or at a small distance.
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
that direction; -- opposed to
fore and aft.
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