where many of them issue from the land.

HUFFED. Chagrined, offended, often needlessly.

HUFFLER. One who carries off fresh provisions to a ship; a Kentish term.

HUG, TO.--_To hug the land_, to sail as near it as possible, the land
however being to windward.--_To hug the wind_, to keep the ship as
close-hauled to the wind as possible.

HUGGER-MUGGER. In its Shakspearian bearing may have meant secretly, or
in a clandestine manner, but its nautical application is to express
anything out of order or done in a slovenly way.

HUISSIERS. The flat-bottomed transports in which horses were embarked in
the Crusades.

HULCOCK. A northern name for the _Squalus galeus_, or smooth hound-fish.

HULK. Is generally applied to a vessel condemned as unfit for the risks
of the sea, and used as a store-vessel and housing for crews while
refitting the vessels they belong to. There are also hulks for convicts,
and for masting, as _sheer-hulk_. (_See_ SHEERS.)

HULL. The Gothic _hulga_ meant a husk or external covering, and hence
the body of a ship, independent of masts, yards, sails, rigging, and
other furniture, is so called.--_To hull_, signifies to hit with shot;
to drive to and fro without rudder, sail, or oar; as Milton--

"He looked and saw the ark hull on the flood."

--_To strike hull_ in a storm, is to take in her sails and lash the helm
on the lee side of the ship, which is termed _to lie a-hull_.

HULL-DOWN. Is said of a ship when at such a distance that, from the
convexity of the globe, only her masts and sails are to be seen.

HULLING. Lying in wait at sea without any sails set. Also, to hit with
shot.

HULLOCK OF A SAIL. A small part lowered in a gale.

HULL-TO. The situation of a ship when she is lying a-hull, or with all
her sails furled.

HULLY. A long wicker-trap used for catching eels.

HUMBER-KEEL. A particular clincher-built craft used on the Humber.

HUMLA-BAND. A northern term for the grommet to an oar-pin or thole.

HUMMOCK. A hill with a rounded summit or conical eminence on the
sea-coast. When in pairs they are termed _paps_ by navigators (which
see).

HUMMOCKS OF ICE. Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure
upon a _field_ or _floe_, or any other frozen plane. The pieces which
rise when large fragments come in contact, and bits of pack are frozen
together and covered with snow.

HUMMUMS. From the Arabic word _hammam_, a bagnio or bath.

HUMP-BACKED WHALE. A species of whaleb