HOUSEWIFE. See [Huz-zif].
HOUSING, or House-line. A small line formed of three fine strands, smaller than rope yarn; principally used for seizings of the block-strops, fastening the clues of sails to their bolt-ropes, and other purposes. (See [Marline], [Twine].)
HOUSING-IN. After a ship in building is past the breadth of her bearing, and that she is brought in too narrow to her upper works, she is said to be housed in, or pinched. (See [Tumbling Home].)
HOUSING OF A LOWER MAST. That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within the knight-heads.
HOUSING-RINGS. Ring-bolts over the lower deck-ports, through the beam-clamps, to which the muzzle-lashings of the guns are passed when housed.
HOUVARI. A strong land wind of the West Indies, accompanied with rain, thunder, and lightning.
HOUZING. A northern term for lading water.
HOVE DOWN, properly hove out or careened. The situation of a ship when heeled or placed thus for repairs.—Hove off, when removed from the ground.—Hove up, when brought into the slips or docks by cradles on the gridiron, &c.
HOVE-IN-SIGHT. The anchor in view. Also, a sail just discovered.
HOVE-IN-STAYS. The position of a ship in the act of going about.