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el·bow in the hawse
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Dictionary of Nautical Terms
elbow in the hawse
Two crosses in a hawse. When a ship, being moored in a tide-way, swings twice the wrong way, thereby causing the cables to take half a round turn on each other. (See HAWSE.)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of elbow in the hawse in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of elbow in the hawse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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