ittle in advance of the stem; as, she sails
_athwart hawse_, or has anchored _in the hawse_. If a vessel drives at
her anchors into the hawse of another she is said to "_foul the hawse_"
of the vessel riding there; hence the threat of a man-of-war's-man, "If
you foul my hawse, I'll cut your cable," no merchant vessel being
allowed to approach a ship-of-war within certain limits, and never to
make fast to the government buoys.--_A bold hawse_ is when the holes are
high above the water. "Freshen hawse," or "veer out more cable," is said
when part of the cable that lies in the hawse is fretted or chafed, and
more should be veered out, so that another part of it may rest in the
hawse. "Freshen hawse" also means, clap a service on or round the cable
in the hawses to prevent it from fretting; hemp cables only are rounded
or cackled. Also, a dram after fatiguing duty. "Clearing hawse," is
untwisting or disentangling two cables that come through different
holes, and make a foul hawse.

HAWSE-BAGS. Canvas bags filled with oakum, used in heavy seas to stop
the hawse-holes and prevent the water coming in.

HAWSE-BLOCKS. Bucklers, or pieces of wood made to fit over the
hawse-holes when at sea, to back the hawse-plugs.

HAWSE-BOLSTERS. Planks above and below the hawse-holes. Also, pieces of
canvas stuffed with oakum and roped round, for plugging when the cables
are bent.

HAWSE-BOX, OR NAVAL HOOD. Pieces of plank bolted outside round each of
the hawse-holes, to support the projecting part of the hawse-pipe.

HAWSE-BUCKLERS. Plugs of wood to fit the hawse-holes, and hatches to
bolt over, to keep the sea from spurting in.

HAWSE-FALLEN. To ride hawse-fallen, is when the water breaks into the
hawse in a rough sea, driving all before it.

HAWSE-FULL. Riding hawse-full; pitching bows under.

HAWSE-HOLES. Cylindrical holes cut through the bows of a ship on each
side of the stem, through which the cables pass, in order to be drawn
into or let out of the vessel, as occasion requires.

HAWSE-HOOK. A compass breast timber which crosses the hawse-timber above
the ends of the upper-deck planking, and over the hawse-holes. (_See_
BREAST-HOOKS.)

HAWSE-PIECES. The timbers which compose the bow of a vessel, and their
sides look fore and aft; it is a name given to the foremost timbers of a
ship, whose lower ends rest upon the knuckle-timbers. They are generally
parallel to the stem, having their upper ends sometimes terminated by
the lo