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Look up haws in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Haws is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Henry Hobart Haws (1809–1858), United
Haws
Specialized military training institution of the Indian Army
snow warfare. The training programs at HAWS are open to personnel of the armed forces of friendly countries. HAWS also trains Indian Armed Forces personnel
High_Altitude_Warfare_School
Nickname applied to several Nazi propaganda broadcasters
Lord Haw-Haw was a nickname applied to William Joyce and several other people who broadcast Nazi propaganda to the United Kingdom from Germany during
Lord_Haw-Haw
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Haw, haw, or Haw. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Haw or HAW may refer to: many species of hawthorn (Crataegus) Haw flakes, Chinese sweets
Haw
English actress (born 1976)
Clare Julia "Keeley" Hawes (born 10 February 1976) is an English actress. After beginning her career in a number of literary adaptations, including Our
Keeley_Hawes
American racing driver
Brayton Haws (born July 12, 1999) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. Haws is a former champion of the CARS Late Model Stock Tour
Brayton_Haws
American basketball player (born 1991)
Tyler Haws (born April 11, 1991) is an American professional basketball player. Haws was a standout high school basketball player, becoming the all-time
Tyler_Haws
World's oldest known watering can company
Haws Watering Cans, formed in London in 1886, is the world’s oldest known watering can company.[citation needed] Founder John Haws developed the watering
Haws_Watering_Cans
Species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae
disturbed, semi-cleared areas. Haws are important for wildlife in winter, particularly thrushes and waxwings; these birds eat the haws and disperse the seeds
Crataegus_monogyna
Market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Hawes is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, situated at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, and historically part
Hawes
American politician (born 1984)
Anne Henderson Haws (born October 18, 1984) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives representing
Anne_Henderson_Haws
Irish chef (born 1980)
Anna Haugh (/ˈhɔː/, HAW; born 6 November 1980) is an Irish chef, restaurateur and TV personality. Born in Dublin, Haugh grew up in Tallaght. She attended
Anna_Haugh
American football player (born 1969)
Kurt Leroy Haws (born September 25, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL)
Kurt_Haws
American religious leader (1801–1877)
Brigham Young (/ˈbrɪɡəm/ BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church
Brigham_Young
American basketball player (born 1995)
four-star recruit, Haws committed to play college basketball at BYU before his sophomore season in high school. After high school, Haws embarked on a two-year
T._J._Haws
Genus of flowering plants in the rose family Rosaceae
eggar moth, E. lanestris. Haws are important for wildlife in winter, particularly thrushes and waxwings; these birds eat the haws and disperse the seeds
Crataegus
Nature reserve in Cumbria, England
Area under the Birds Directive. Sandscale Haws provides high tide roosts for waders and wildfowl. Sandscale Haws is included in the Morecambe Bay Special
Sandscale_Haws
American politician (1940–2012)
Retrieved 2010-07-20. Larry Haws at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present Rep. Haws Web Page Project Votesmart - Rep. Larry Haws Profile Minnesota Public
Larry_Haws
American television variety show (1969–93 and 1996–97)
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with the fictional rural "Kornfield Kounty" as the backdrop. It aired
Hee_Haw
British television series
It is written by Jack Thorne for Channel 4. The cast is led by Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu, alongside Rakie Ayola, Jason Watkins, Niamh Cusack, Adrian
Falling_(TV_series)
Topics referred to by the same term
hee-haw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hee Haw is an American television variety show. Hee Haw may also refer to: the cry of a donkey Hee Haw (EP)
Hee_Haw_(disambiguation)
10th episode of the 29th season of The Simpsons
"Haw-Haw Land" is the tenth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 628th episode of the series
Haw-Haw_Land
British television series
and Jack Williams for Amazon Prime Video, ZDF and Stan. It stars Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore. On November 7, 2025, it was reported that a second
The_Assassin_(TV_series)
Fruit of the rose plant
The rose hip or rosehip, also called rose haw and rose hep, is the accessory fruit of the various species of rose plant. It is typically red to orange
Rose_hip
British shipping company (1845–1934)
p. 111 Eaton & Haas 1989, p. 186 Haws 1990, p. 61 Anderson 1964, p. 97 Haws 1990, p. 16 de Kerbrech 2009, p. 77 Haws 1990, p. 17 de Kerbrech 2009, pp
White_Star_Line
American beauty queen, actress, and songwriter
winner. Thompson began her acting career as a "Hee Haw Honey" on the American television variety show Hee Haw. She was also a girlfriend of Elvis Presley, before
Linda_Thompson
Line ships "SV White Star (+1883)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 May 2022. Haws, Duncan (1990). White Star Line (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company). TCL Publications
List_of_White_Star_Line_ships
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up yeehaw or yee-haw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ya haw or Yee-haw may refer to: "Yee Haw", a song by Jake Owen "Yee Haw", a song by The BossHoss
Yeehaw
8th episode of the 18th season of The Simpsons
"The Haw-Hawed Couple" is the eighth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox
The_Haw-Hawed_Couple
Species of hawthorn
Crataegus pinnatifida, also known as mountain hawthorn, Chinese haw, Chinese hawthorn or Chinese hawberry, refers to a small to medium-sized tree, as
Crataegus_pinnatifida
Topics referred to by the same term
abbreviation Haw. may refer to: Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), entomologist and biologist Hawaii, in legal citations Supreme Court of Hawaii Haw (disambiguation)
Haw.
Capital city of China
Zhoukoudian". Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2008. Haw, Stephen G. (2006). Beijing – A Concise History. Routledge. pp. 19–21. "Beijing's
Beijing
American politician
John Henry Hobart Haws (1809 – January 27, 1858) was a United States representative from New York. Born in New York City in 1809, he graduated from Columbia
John_Henry_Hobart_Haws
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
McCormack 6 January 1987 Emmanuel Alex Mapunda 6 January 1987 Dominic Su Haw Chiu 6 January 1987 John Magee 17 March 1987 Beniamino Stella 5 September
Pope_John_Paul_II
Former public mansion and gardens in Hong Kong
‹See RfD› Haw Par Mansion, better known for its public gardens known as Tiger Balm Garden or Aw Boon Haw Garden, was a mansion and gardens located at 15
Tiger_Balm_Garden_(Hong_Kong)
Irish musician (1971–2018)
Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2018. Spencer, Hawes (6 December 2007). "'Mesmerizing': O'Riordan gives it away at Gravity".
Dolores_O'Riordan
Town in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Hawal is a notified area of district Srinagar, the summer capital of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated in the heart of the Srinagar
Hawal
Association football club in Scotland
2017. "Haws begin search for only their fourth boss". Central Fife Times. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019. "Mitch appointed as Haws boss"
Hill_of_Beath_Hawthorn_F.C.
English singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Eddie Episode: "Dragonstone" 2018 The Simpsons Brendan (voice) Episode: "Haw-Haw Land" Songwriter Himself Documentary 2019 Yesterday Himself Modern Love
Ed_Sheeran
American paranormal investigator (born 1971)
Jason Conrad Hawes (born December 27, 1971) is an American plumber and the co-founder of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), which is based in Warwick
Jason_Hawes
European wide-body airliner
AirInsight. 20 November 2015. "Tschüss Airbus A380 – Ein Nachruf" (in German). HAW Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Scholz, MSME. Rothman, Andrea; Weiss, Richard (8
Airbus_A380
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026)
with a Dixie Melody" with a West Coast group made up of pianist Hampton Hawes, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Shelly Manne
Sonny_Rollins
American football player (born 2000)
Jackson Hawes (born December 6, 2000) is an American professional football tight end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played
Jackson_Hawes
American media franchise
Kaminski 2008, pp. 289–91. "The New York Times Best Seller List" (PDF). Hawes.com. June 30, 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2017
Star_Wars
British steamship that traded around the Indian coast
in 1906. She was scrapped in Bombay in September 1908. Haws 1987, p. 134. Haws 1987, p. 180. Haws 1987, p. 59. "Sirsa". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian
SS_Sirsa
Topics referred to by the same term
Hawes is a small market town in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Hawes may also refer to: Hawes County, New South Wales, Australia
Hawes_(disambiguation)
U.S. state
"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 5–9 (State motto)". Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2013. Hawaii State Legislature. "Haw. Rev
Hawaii
Chinese sweets made with hawthorn fruit
Haw flakes (Chinese: 山楂餠; pinyin: shānzhā bǐng or Chinese: 山楂片; pinyin: shānzhā piàn) are Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn.
Haw_flakes
American actress
member of the cast for the American television country music variety show Hee Haw. Baker was born in Edinburg, Texas. She graduated from Edinburg High School
Cathy_Baker_(actress)
Species of tree
Viburnum prunifolium (known as blackhaw or black haw, blackhaw viburnum, sweet haw, and stag bush) is a species of Viburnum native to eastern North America
Viburnum_prunifolium
of American Popular Music (University of Michigan Press, 2005), p. 58. Hawes, Alison (2014), Music and Fashion, Badger Learning, p. 23, ISBN 9781781477588
Honorific nicknames in popular music
Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music
English girl group
producer and studio owner Michael Sparkes and the songwriter and arranger Tim Hawes. They were also tasked with choreographing their own dance routines, which
Spice_Girls
English actor (born 1945)
Collider. Archived from the original on 30 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026. Hawes, William (2008). Caligula and the Fight for Artistic Freedom: The Making
Helen_Mirren
British television series
Austen is a four-part historical drama television series. It stars Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes. It is an adaptation by Andrea Gibb of the novel Miss
Miss_Austen
American comedian (1926–1983)
best known for his 14-year run as a cast member of the television show Hee Haw. A sixth-grade dropout, Samples was a stock car racing driver and carpenter
Junior_Samples
Personality construct
Sexual Abuse. 16 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1177/107906320401600101. PMID 15017823. Hawes SW, Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC (March 2013). "Psychopathy and the combination
Psychopathy
American singer, musician & TV host (1933–2018)
musician and television presenter. He is best known for having co-hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country music variety show, with Buck Owens, from
Roy_Clark
Series of fortifications in northern China
Latin by William Woodville Rockhill. London: The Hakluyt Society. Haw 2006, pp. 53–54. Haw 2006, pp. 54–55. Qur'an, XVIII: "The Cave". English translations
Great_Wall_of_China
American abolitionist (1800–1859)
John Brown, quarter-plate daguerreotype, attributed to Southworth & Hawes, Winter 1856, Massachusetts Historical Society
John_Brown_(abolitionist)
American man who claimed to be Billy the Kid (1879–1950)
ISBN 9780826317704. Haws, Roy L. (2015). Brushy Bill: Proof that His Claim to be Billy the Kid was a Hoax. Sunstone Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-63293-055-2. Haws, Roy L
Brushy_Bill_Roberts
American college basketball team
basketball tournament and came back to beat the Iona Gaels 78–72. Following Tyler Haws' departure for an overseas professional career, Kyle Collinsworth became
BYU_Cougars_men's_basketball
Country in Central Europe
Prague: Správa Pražského hradu a DaDa. p. 13. ISBN 978-80-86161-38-9. Hawes, James (2008). Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life. New
Czech_Republic
British clothier
Hawes & Curtis is a British fashion company founded in 1913, currently operating 29 stores in the United Kingdom including two in Jermyn Street, London
Hawes_&_Curtis
American basketball player (born 1950)
Steven Sherburne Hawes (born May 26, 1950) is an American former basketball player. Hawes played high school basketball at Mercer Island High School. A
Steve_Hawes
American comedian, singer and author (1946–2025)
comedian, singer and author. She was a regular on the comedy-music show Hee Haw, which ran from 1969 to 1993. Afflicted with a thyroid condition from birth
Lulu_Roman
American martial artist and actor (1940–2026)
Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4143-3449-3 "The New York Times Best Seller List" (PDF). Hawes Publications. September 28, 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on September
Chuck_Norris
American security consultant and convicted fraudster
University (BYU) using a falsified doctorate. In 2006, KSL-TV journalist Scott Haws challenged Abagnale on this claim, presenting his own published words as
Frank_Abagnale
American actor (1916–2003)
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Cabell "Cab" Calloway Ray Charles Bess Lomax Hawes Stanley Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards
Gregory_Peck
U.S. state
Macon Goose Creek Gorges Grandfather Mountain Hammocks Beach Hanging Rock Haw River Jockey's Ridge Jones Lake Lake James Lake Norman Lake Waccamaw Lumber
North_Carolina
1980 post-punk EP by The Birthday Party, featuring early work by Nick Cave and bandmates
Hee Haw is the second release and first EP by the Australian post-punk band the Boys Next Door (later renamed the Birthday Party). The Hee Haw EP was released
Hee_Haw_(EP)
2009. "1098383". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009. Haws 1993, p. 68 Haws 1993, p. 69 "1114041". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December
Shipping of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Shipping_of_the_Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway
Stream in Missouri, United States
Haw Branch is a stream in Butler County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Cane Creek. Haw Branch was named for the black haw in the area
Haw Branch (Cane Creek tributary)
Haw_Branch_(Cane_Creek_tributary)
Category of speech including interrupted utterances or filler words
A speech disfluency, also spelled speech dysfluency, is any of various breaks, irregularities, or non-lexical vocables which occur within the flow of otherwise
Speech_disfluency
Photographic firm in Boston (1843–1863)
Southworth & Hawes was an early photographic firm in Boston, 1843–1863. Its partners, Albert Sands Southworth (1811–1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901)
Southworth_&_Hawes
Large cat native to Africa and India
PMID 12193785. S2CID 15893512. Packer, pp. 137, 145. Trethowan, P.; Fuller, A.; Haw, A.; Hart, T.; Markham, A.; Loveridge, A.; Hetem, R.; du Preez, B.; Macdonald
Lion
British television director
James Hawes is a British television director. He has worked in British television drama since the mid-1990s, and has also produced documentaries for British
James_Hawes
Heat rub used for pain relief
an analgesic heat rub manufactured and distributed by Singaporean company Haw Par Healthcare. It is used for external pain relief. A precursor to Tiger
Tiger_Balm
British architect and priest (1876–1956)
John Cyril Hawes (7 September 1876 – 26 June 1956) was a British architect and priest. Hawes was known for designing and constructing church buildings
John_Hawes
Surname list
producer John Hawes (1876–1956), architect and priest Keeley Hawes (b. 1976), English actress Patrick Hawes (b. 1958), British composer Stanley Hawes (1905–1991)
Hawes_(surname)
American mixed martial arts fighter
Philip Nicholas Fitzgerald Hawes (born January 8, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate
Phil_Hawes
Transatlantic ocean liner
Voss". LostLiners.de (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2022. Haws 1980, p. 171. Haws 1980, p. 20. Haws, Duncan (1980). The Ships of the Hamburg America, Adler
SS_Vaterland_(1940)
Village in West Yorkshire, England
Haworth (UK: /ˈhaʊ.ərθ/ HOW-ərth, also /ˈhɔːərθ/ HAW-ərth, US: /ˈhɔːwərθ/ HAW-wərth) is a village in the civil parish of 'Haworth with Stanbury', in the
Haworth
2004 studio album by MF Doom
and Mr. Fantastik. "Kon Queso" was originally released under the name "Yee Haw" on a 12 inch single in July 2003 with Molemen. The track was re-recorded
Mm..Food
American comedian (1914–1987)
1914 – August 29, 1987) was an American comedian, writer, and star of Hee Haw, a country-flavored network television variety show. He was also a recording
Archie_Campbell_(comedian)
British ocean liner
Retrieved 28 November 2020. de Kerbrech 2009, p. 122 Haws 1990, p. 34 Haws 1990, p. 57 Haws 1990, p. 56 Haws 1990, p. 58 "Steamers and Motorships". Lloyd's
RMS_Adriatic
River in North Carolina, United States
The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, which is entirely contained in north central North Carolina in
Haw_River
Scottish actor (born 1971)
Chatterley Affair. The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. In early 2007, Tennant starred
David_Tennant
Passenger ferry service in England
Services". Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2007. Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Ships – Britain's Railway Steamers – Eastern & North
Gravesend–Tilbury_Ferry
International sporting events
February 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2009. MacIntosh, Donald; Greenhorn, Donna; Hawes, Michael (1991). "Trudeau, Taiwan, and the 1976 Montreal Olympics". American
Olympic_Games
American-born fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906–1946)
William Brooke Joyce (24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World
William_Joyce
American actor and stand-up comedian (1928–2012)
The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee-Haw. George Lindsey was born in Fairfield, Alabama, to George Ross Lindsey, a
George_Lindsey
British actor (born 1990)
we welcome our staff to Hogwarts". press.wbd.com. 14 April 2025. "Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu to lead new drama 'Falling' written by Jack Thorne". Channel
Paapa_Essiedu
American actress
portraying the perky, squeaky-voiced blonde on the American television series Hee Haw for 19 years, often appearing as Junior Samples's assistant during used-car
Misty_Rowe
Mediterranean species of flowering plant
growing in the wild, the azerole bears plentiful crops of haw fruits, which are similar to the haws of the European common hawthorn, but more plump. C. azarolus
Crataegus_azarolus
American media personality and decathlete (born 1949)
Retrieved January 29, 2015. "Notes on People; Bruce Jenner Married 'Hee Haw' Entertainer; Hawaiian Wedding". The New York Times. January 7, 1981. Archived
Caitlyn_Jenner
American basketball player (born 1988)
Spencer Mason Hawes (born April 28, 1988) is a former professional American basketball player. A center, he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the
Spencer_Hawes
Massacre in Srinagar where CRPF troops opened fire on a funeral procession in 1990
The Hawal Massacre took place on 21 May 1990 in the Hawal area of Srinagar, Kashmir, when troops of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force opened fire
Hawal_massacre
English actor (born 1974)
Spooks co-star Keeley Hawes. They were married in November 2004. The couple have two children. Macfadyen is stepfather to Hawes's son from her previous
Matthew_Macfadyen
Athletic teams representing College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
com The Pool and the Claire Lynch Gymnasium CSB Outdoor Athletic Complex Haws Field "CSB/SJU Brand Guide: Colors". Retrieved December 18, 2018. "College
Saint John's Johnnies and Saint Benedict Bennies
Saint_John's_Johnnies_and_Saint_Benedict_Bennies
Capital and largest city of Tennessee, United States
annually in September. Nashville was once home of television shows such as Hee Haw and Pop! Goes the Country, as well as The Nashville Network and later, RFD-TV
Nashville,_Tennessee
HAWS
HAWS
Surname or Lastname
Possibly an altered spelling of Haas.English
Possibly an altered spelling of Haas.English : variant spelling of Hawes.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
A son of Iama Muslim had this name
Boy/Male
Muslim
(A son of iama Muslim had this Name)
Surname or Lastname
Possibly an altered spelling of Haase.English
Possibly an altered spelling of Haase.English : variant spelling of Hawes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places bearing this name, for example in Essex (Haltesteda in Domesday Book), Kent, and Leicestershire, all of which are probably named from Old English h(e)ald ‘refuge’, ‘shelter’ + stede ‘site’, or possibly Hawstead in Suffolk, which has the same origin. However, the name is now most frequent in Lancashire and Yorkshire, where it is from High Halstead in Burnley, named as the ‘site of a hall’, from Old English h(e)all ‘hall’ + stede ‘place’.English : occupational name for someone employed at ‘the hall buildings’, Middle English hallested, an ostler or cowhand, for instance.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Son of Imam Muslim had this Name
HAWS
HAWS
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, Christian, English
Name of a Saint; Strong
Boy/Male
Irish
Name of a saint.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Type of Music
Boy/Male
Australian, Chinese, German, Hebrew, Scandinavian
Gift from God; The Lord is Gracious
Biblical
a myrtle; joy
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ãsvaldr, OSVALD means "divine power" or "divine ruler."
Girl/Female
Indian
Imaginary
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Priest
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Star
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Happiness
HAWS
HAWS
HAWS
HAWS
HAWS
n.
A hawse hole.
v. t.
To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out.
n.
One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
n.
The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
n.
The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it.
n.
That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
n.
That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.
a.
Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.
n.
A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable.
n.
A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
n.
The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
n.
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
n.
A mooring hawser.
n. & a.
To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
n.
A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
n.
See Hawser.
n.
A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
a.
Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.
v.
A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.