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Definition hawse

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

  1. (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
  2. (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
  3. (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).

Adjective

hawse (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adverb

hawse (not comparable)

  1. (nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Verb

hawse (third-person singular simple present hawses, present participle hawsing, simple past and past participle hawsed)

  1. (intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

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CASHEW 14
HAWSER 11
HAWSES 11
REWASH 11
SHAWED 12
SWATHE 11
WASHED 12
WASHER 11
WASHES 11
WHALES 12
WHEALS 12
WHEATS 11
WHENAS 12
5 letter words with the letters HAWSE 
HAWSE 10
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AWES 7
HAES 6
HAWS 9
HEWS 9
SHAW 9
SHEA 6
SHEW 9
SHWA 9
WAES 7
WASH 9
3 letter words with the letters HAWSE 
AHS 5
ASH 5
AWE 6
HAE 5
HAS 5
HAW 8
HES 5
HEW 8
SAE 3
SAW 6
SEA 3
SEW 6
SHA 5
SHE 5
WAE 6
WAS 6
WHA 8
2 letter words with the letters HAWSE 
AE 2
AH 4
AS 2
AW 5
EH 4
ES 2
HA 4
HE 4
SH 4
WE 5

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