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A large rope or small cable, in size midway between a cable and a tow-line, between 5 and 10 inches in circumference; used in warping and mooring…
A cable, a hawser. Obsolete.
A hawser attached to the shore to help steady a moored vessel. Chiefly in to moor a proviso.
A hawser for making fast a boat.