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Hawse

Definition: Hawse

Hawse

Noun

1. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hawse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Synonyms: Hawse

Synonyms: hawsehole (n), hawsepipe (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Hawse

English words defined with "hawse": Athwart hawseFoul hawseHawse block, Hawse hole, Hawse piece, Hawse plugOpen hawseTo clear hawse, To come in at the hawse holes, To freshen the hawse, To serve the cableup and down. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hawse": clear hawse sliphawse pipe. (references)

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Name Usage Frequency: Hawse

The following table summarizes the usage of "hawse" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HawseLast name10072,116
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Hawse

Expressions using "hawse": athwart hawse clear hawse slip Elbow in the hawse Foul hawse Hawse block Hawse hole Hawse piece hawse pipe Hawse plug open hawse To clear hawse To come in at the hawse holes To freshen the hawse. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "hawse": hawse-hole.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hawse

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hawse pipe

4

hawse

3

fairlead hawse

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hawse

Language Translations for "hawse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pjesë e anijes ku del spiranca. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بيت القلس (hawse-hole). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

нос на кораб с клюзи. (various references)

   

Czech

  

èást lodní přídì. (various references)

   

Danish

  

klysrør (hawse pipe), klys udenbords (hawse pipe collar outboard end), klys (towing hawse pipe snatch block), klydsroer (hawse pipe), klydsdoblingsplade (hawse doubling plate), klydsdaeksel (hawse flap), klydsbort (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), klyds (cable chock, chock, fairlead, hawse pipe), kædestopper (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), daekklys (deck hawse), ankerklys (hawse pipe collar inboard end). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

halfrondbaard (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), kluisbaard (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), ankerkluispijp (hawse pipe), baard (barber chair, barber's chair, beard, bit, outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening, sloven, tombstone), boegklamp (towing hawse pipe snatch block), buitenbaard (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), buitenbaard van ankerkluis (hawse pipe collar outboard end), dekbaard van ankerkluis (hawse pipe collar inboard end), dekkluis (deck hawse), ankerkluis (hawse pipe), kettingstopper (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), slipstopper (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), kluisband (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), kluisdeksel (hawse flap), kluisdubbelplaat (hawse doubling plate), kluisgat (hawse pipe), kluisgatkoker (hawse pipe), kluiskoker voor de sleepdraad (towing hawse pipe snatch block), kluispijp (hawse pipe), kluisrin (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), kettingkoker (hawse pipe). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ketjuputki (hawse pipe), ankkurinsierain (hawse pipe), ankkuriklyysi (hawse pipe), ankkuriketjun pysäytin (clear hawse slip, slip stopper). (various references)

   

French

  

tôle doublante d'écubier (hawse doubling plate), renfort extérieur d'écubier (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), rendement d'écubier (hawse-pipe efficiency), manchon d'écubier (hawse pipe), guirlande extérieure d'écubier (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), couvercle d'écubier (hawse flap), bosse échappement (clear hawse slip), écubier de pont (deck hawse), écubier de mouillage (hawse pipe), écubier (hawse pipe, hawse pipe collar inboard end, hawse pipe collar outboard end, hawse-hole, towing hawse pipe snatch block). (various references)

   

German

  

Slipstopper (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), Schlipstopper (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), Schleppkluese (towing hawse pipe snatch block), Kluesenrohr (hawse pipe), Kluesenring (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), Kluesendoppelplatte (hawse doubling plate), Kluesendeckel (hawse flap), Kluesenband auf Schiffshaut (outside hawse flange, outside hawse stiffening), Kluese (hawse pipe, hawse pipe collar inboard end, hawse pipe collar outboard end), Klüsenrohr (hawse pipe), Deckkluese (deck hawse). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τρύπα δίοδου χοντρού κάβου, τρύπα δίοδου αλυσίδασ άγκυρασ, οπή πρωράσ πλοίου. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

horgony és a hajó közti tér. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cubia (hawse pipe, hawse pipe collar inboard end, hawse pipe collar outboard end). (various references)

   

Manx

  

towl caabyl. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

awsehay

   

Portuguese

  

tubo do escovém (hawse pipe), mordedouro da amarra (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), manga do escovém (hawse pipe). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

клюз (hawse-hole). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nozdrva (hawse-hole, nostril), deo pramca. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pasteca (snatch block, towing hawse pipe snatch block), estopor de cadena (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), escobén de remolque (towing hawse pipe snatch block), escobén de cubierta (hawse pipe collar inboard end), escobén de amura (hawse pipe collar outboard end), escobén (hawse pipe), bocina del escobén (hawse pipe). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

klysgatt (hawse-hole). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ส่วนหัวเรือที่มีรูโซ่สมอเรือ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

loça. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hawse

Derivations

Words beginning with "hawse": hawsehole, hawseholes, hawser, hawsers, hawses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hawse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awsa, bawse, Ghawsheh, haese, Haesje, Halske, Hamsey, Hasek, hasey, Hassex, Hauksbee, hause, hausse, hawe, Hawel, Hawieh, hawis, Hawisia, hawke, hawle, Hawtah, hawz, haysel, hewes, Howesia, howse, hwas, hwaz, naswe. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Hawse

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-s-w"

-1 letter: awes, haes, haws, hews, shaw, shea, shew, waes, wash.

-2 letters: ash, awe, hae, has, haw, hes, hew, sae, saw, sea, sew, sha, she, wae, was, wha.

-3 letters: ae, ah, as, aw, eh, es, ha, he, sh, we.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-s-w"
 

+1 letter: cashew, hawser, hawses, rewash, shawed, swathe, washed, washer, washes, whales, wheals, wheats, whenas.

 

+2 letters: cashews, chawers, eyewash, hawkers, hawkeys, hawkies, hawsers, heehaws, prewash, pshawed, shawled, swashed, swasher, swashes, swathed, swather, swathes, thawers, wahines, washers, washier, watches, weakish, wealths, wearish, whalers, wharves, whereas, wreaths.

 

+3 letters: beshadow, bowheads, cowhages, dishware, enswathe, eschewal, handsewn, hawknose, haywires, headways, inswathe, newshawk, rawhides, rewashed, rewashes, sawhorse, sawteeth, shadowed, shadower, showable, showcase, somewhat, swanherd, swashers, swatches, swathers, thawless, towheads, unswathe, unwashed, warheads, warhorse, washable, washiest, watchers, waterish, weakfish, weathers, whackers, whammies, whangees, whappers, whatness, wheatens, wreathes.

 

+4 letters: anywheres, beshadows, carwashes, dishwares, dishwater, drawshave, enswathed, enswathes, eschewals, eyewashes, hallowers, hardwares, hardwires, harrowers, hawknoses, hawkweeds, hawsehole, headwinds, headwords, headworks, hereaways, hideaways, hogwashes, homewards, inswathed, inswathes, narwhales, newshawks, outwashes, phasedown, plowheads, plowshare, prewashed, prewashes, rewashing, sawfishes, sawhorses, seaworthy, shadowers, shadowier, shakedown, shallowed, shallower, shareware, shewbread, shoreward, shortwave, showbread, showcased, showcases, showplace, somewhats, swanherds, swarthier, sweatshop, swellhead, thwackers, thwarters, unswathed, unswathes, unwasheds, wampished, wampishes, warehouse, warhorses, washables, washerman, washermen, washhouse, washwomen, watchcase, watcheyes, watershed, waveshape, wellheads, whackiest, wharfages, whatsises, wheatears, wheelbase, wheelsman, whereases, wheyfaces, whipsawed, whitecaps, whitewash, wholesale, wirehairs, wrathiest.

 

+5 letters: arrowheads, backwashed, backwashes, bathwaters, bawdyhouse, beshadowed, buckwheats, cartwheels, chainsawed, chinawares, crawfished, crawfishes, deathblows, dishwasher, dishwaters, dogwatches, downwashes, drawshaves, earthwards, earthworks, earthworms, enswathing, enwreathes, flatwashes, foreshadow, freshwater, gearwheels, handwheels, handwrites, hawfinches, hawseholes, headwaters, heartwoods, heartworms, hollowares, horsewoman, housewares, jayhawkers, lengthways, lowliheads, meanwhiles, midwatches, outwatches, overshadow, phasedowns, plowshares, prewashing, rainwashed, rainwashes, sandwiched, sandwiches, shadowiest, shadowless, shadowlike, shakedowns, shallowest, sharewares, shearwater, shewbreads, shorewards, shortwaves, showboated, showbreads, showerhead, showplaces, swarthiest, sweatshirt, sweatshops, sweetheart, swellheads, switchable, thwartwise, unwreathes, wardenship, warehoused, warehouser, warehouses, washateria, washeteria, washhouses, watchables, watchcases, watchcries, watersheds, waveshapes, weakfishes, wealthiest, whalebacks, whaleboats, whalebones, whatnesses, whatsoever, wheelbases, whiplashes, whitebaits, whitefaces, whiteheads, whitetails, whitewalls, wholesaled, wholesaler, wholesales.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hawse


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 77 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01110111 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#119 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0077 0073 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4267898571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Names: Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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