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hawse-full

hawse-full adjective: having water flood in through the hawseholes in rough weather.

Adjective

hawse-full (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having water flood in through the hawseholes in rough weather.

Questions about hawse-full

What does hawse-full mean?
Hawse-full means having water flood in through the hawseholes in rough weather.
What part of speech is hawse-full?
Hawse-full is an adjective.

Words near hawse-full in the dictionary

  1. hawse
  2. hawse pipe
  3. hawse pipes
  4. hawse timber
  5. hawse timbers
  6. hawse-full
  7. hawse-pipe
  8. hawse-pipes
  9. hawse-plug
  10. hawsed
  11. hawsehole

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