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Definition: Hawse |
HawseNoun1. 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: HawseSynonyms: hawsehole (n), hawsepipe (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hawse |
| English words defined with "hawse": Athwart hawse ♦ Foul hawse ♦ Hawse block, Hawse hole, Hawse piece, Hawse plug ♦ Open hawse ♦ To clear hawse, To come in at the hawse holes, To freshen the hawse, To serve the cable ♦ up and down. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hawse": clear hawse slip ♦ hawse pipe. (references) |
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hawse | Last name | 100 | 72,116 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hawse pipe | 4 |
hawse | 3 |
fairlead hawse | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 tubo do escovém (hawse pipe), mordedouro da amarra (clear hawse slip, slip stopper), manga do escovém (hawse pipe). (various references) клюз (hawse-hole). (various references) nozdrva (hawse-hole, nostril), deo pramca. (various references) 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) klysgatt (hawse-hole). (various references) ส่วนหัวเรือที่มีรูโซ่สมอเรือ. (various references) loça. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hawse": hawsehole, hawseholes, hawser, hawsers, hawses. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 77 73 65 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .--. ... . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110111 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a w s e |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4267898571 |
| 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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