one whale, the _Megaptera
longimana_, which attains to 45 or 50 feet in length, and is
distinguished by its low rounded dorsal fin.

HURD. The strand of a rope.

HURDICES. Ramparts, scaffolds, fortifications, &c.

HURDIGERS. Particular artificers employed in constructing the castles in
our early ships.

HURLEBLAST. An archaic term for _hurricane_.

HURRICANE. _See_ TYPHOON.

HURRICANE-DECK. A light deck over the saloon of some steamers.

HURRICANE-HOUSE. Any building run up for temporary purposes; the name is
occasionally given to the round-house on a vessel's deck.

HURRICANO. Shakspeare evidently makes King Lear use this word as a
water-spout.

HURRY. A staith or wharf where coals are shipped in the north.

HURST. Anglo-Saxon to express a wood.

HURT. A wound or injury for which a compensation can be claimed.

HURTLE, TO. To send bodily on by a swell or wind.

HUSBAND, OR SHIP'S HUSBAND. An agent appointed by deed, executed by all
the owners, with power to advance and lend, to make all payments, to
receive the prices of freights, and to retain all claims. But this
office gives him no authority to insure or to borrow money; and he is to
render a full account to his employers.

HUSH. A name of the lump-fish, denoting the female.

HUSSAR, OR HUZZAR. A Hungarian term signifying "twentieth," as the first
hussars were formed by selecting from various regiments the ablest man
in every twenty; now generally a light-cavalry soldier equipped somewhat
after the original Hungarian fashion.

HUT. The same as _barrack_ (which see).

HUTT. The breech-pin of a gun.

HUZZA! This was originally the _hudsa_, or cry, of the Hungarian light
horse, but is now also the national shout of the English in joy and
triumph.

HUZ-ZIF. A general corruption of _housewife_. A very useful contrivance
for holding needles and thread, and the like.

HYDRAULIC DOCK. _See_ CAISSON.

HYDRAULIC PRESS. The simple yet powerful water-press invented by Bramah,
without which it would have been a puzzle to float the enormous _Great
Eastern_.

HYDRAULIC PURCHASE. A machine for drawing up vessels on a slip, in which
the pumping of water is used to multiply the force applied.

HYDRAULICS. _See_ HYDROLOGY.

HYDROGRAPHER. One who surveys coasts, &c., and constructs true maps and
charts founded on astronomical observations. The hydrographer to the
admiralty presides over the hydrographical office.

HYDROGRAPHICAL CHARTS OR MAPS. Usually