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  1. 1. n. A hawse hole. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. Source: opted
  3. 3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. the hole that an anchor rope passes through Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the hole that an anchor rope passes through Source: ecdict

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