halse¹ /höls/ or (Scot and N Eng dialect) hause or hawse /hös/ (obsolete or dialect)

1. The neck
2. The throat
3. A pass, defile, or connecting ridge

To embrace

hauseˈ-bane noun (Scot)

Collarbone

hauseˈ-lock noun (Scot)

The wool of a sheep's neck

hawse¹ /höz/

1. Part of a vessel's bow in which the hawseholes are cut
2. The distance from the head of an anchored vessel to the anchor itself

hawseˈhole noun

A hole for a ship's cable

hawseˈpipe noun

A tubular casting, fitted to a ship's bows, through which the anchor chain or cable passes

• nipcheese
• nipcheeses
• nip in
• nip in the bud
• nipped
• nipper
• nippered
• nippering
• nipperkin
• nipperkins
• nippers
• nipperty-tipperty
• Nippie
• nippier
• nippiest
• nippily
• nippiness
• nippinesses
• nipping
• nippingly
• nipple
• nippled
• nipples
• nipple-shield
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