Hood. A covering for a companion hatch, skylight, &c.
Hood-ends, or Hooding-ends, or Whooden-ends. Those ends of the planks which fit into the rabbets of the stem or stern-post.
Hook-and-Butt. The scarfing, or laying the ends of timbers over each other.
Horns. The jaws of booms. Also, the ends of cross-trees.
Horse. (See Foot-rope.)
Hounds. Those projections at the mast-head serving as shoulders for the top or trestle-trees to rest upon.
House. To house a mast, is to lower it about half its length, and secure it by lashing its heel to the mast below. (See page 37.)
To house a gun, is to run it in clear of the port and secure it.
Housing, or House-line. (Pronounced houze-lin.) A small cord made of three small yarns, and used for seizings.
Hull. The body of a vessel. (See A-hull.)