UL OF ALL! An order to brace round all the yards at once--a
man[oe]uvre sometimes used in tacking, or on a sudden change of wind; it
requires a strong crew.

HAUL OFF, TO. To sail closer to the wind, in order to get further from
any object.

HAUL OUT TO LEEWARD! In reefing top-sails, the cry when the weather
earing is passed.

HAUL ROUND. Said when the wind is gradually shifting towards any
particular point of the compass. Edging round a danger.

HAULS AFT, OR VEERS AFT. Said of the wind when it draws astern.

HAULSER. The old orthography for _hawser_.

HAULS FORWARD. Said of the wind when it draws before the beam.

HAUL UNDER THE CHAINS. This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and
straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make the seams open and
shut as she rolls.

HAULYARDS. _See_ HALLIARDS.

HAUNCES. The breakings of the rudder abaft.

HAUNCH. A sudden fall or break, as from the drifts forward and aft to
the waist. The same as _hance_.

HAVEN [Anglo-Saxon, _haefen_]. A safe refuge from the violence of wind
and sea; much the same as harbour, though of less importance. A good
anchorage rather than place of perfect shelter. Milford Haven is an
exception.

HAVENET. This word has appeared in vocabularies as a small haven.

HAVEN-SCREAMER. The sea-gull, called _haefen_ by the Anglo-Saxons.

HAVERSACK. A coarse linen bag with a strap fitting over the shoulder
worn by soldiers or small-arm men in marching order, for carrying their
provision, instead of the knapsack.

HAVILLER. _See_ HUFFLER.

HAVOC. Formerly a war cry, and the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
Thus Shakspeare,

"Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war."

HAWK'S-BILL. _Chelone imbricata_, a well-known turtle frequenting the
Atlantic and Indian Oceans, so named from having a small mouth like the
beak of a hawk; it produces the tortoise-shell of commerce. The flesh is
indifferent, but the eggs very good.

HAWSE. This is a term of great meaning. Strictly, it is that part of a
vessel's bow where holes are cut for her cables to pass through. It is
also generally understood to imply the situation of the cables before
the ship's stem, when she is moored with two anchors out from forward,
one on the starboard, and the other on the port bow. It also denotes any
small distance between her head and the anchors employed to ride her, as
"he has anchored in our hawse," "the brig fell athwart our hawse," &c.
Also, said of a vessel a l