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The Sailor's Word Book

 

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HAAF . Cod, ling, or tusk deep-sea fisheries of the Shetland and Orkney islanders.
HAAF-BOAT . One fitted for deep-water fishing.
HAAFURES . A northern term for fishermen's lines.
HAAK . _See_ HAKE.
HAAR . A chill easterly wind on our northern coasts. (_See_ HARR.)
HABERDDEN . Cod or stock-fish dried and cured on board; that cured at Aberdeen was the best.
HABERGEON . A coat of mail for the head and shoulders.
HABILIMENTS OF WAR . A statute term, for arms and all provisions for maintaining war.
HABLE . An Anglo-Norman term for a sea-port or haven; it is used in statute 27 Henry VII. cap. 3.
HACK-SAW . Used for cutting off the heads of bolts; made of a scythe fresh serrated.
 
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Zokor : n. An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.

 
The Sailor's Word Book by William Henry Smyth edited by Edward Belcher, published originally in 1867 by Blackie & Son
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