Heart. A block of wood in the shape of a heart, for stays to reeve through.
Heart-yarns. The centre yarns of a strand.
Heave short. To heave in on the cable until the vessel is nearly over her anchor.
Heave-to. To put a vessel in the position of lying-to. (See Lie-to.)
Heave in Stays. To go about in tacking.
Heaver. A short wooden bar, tapering at each end. Used as a purchase.
Heel. The after part of the keel. Also, the lower end of a mast or boom. Also, the lower end of the stern-post.
To heel, is to lie over on one side.
Heeling. The square part of the lower end of a mast, through which the fid-hole is made.
Helm. The machinery by which a vessel is steered, including the rudder, tiller, wheel, &c. Applied more particularly, perhaps, to the tiller.