An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

HOULES, ou lames de mer, the waves of a swelling or breaking sea.

HOULEUX, a rolling and turbulent sea.

HOUPÉE, the rise or swell of a wave.

Prendre la Houpée, to watch the swell, as in mounting from a boat into a ship, when the boat rises.

HOURAGAN. See Ouragan.

HOURSE, or Ource, the vangs of a mizen-gaff or yard.

HOURDI. See Lisse de Hourdi.

HOURQUE, a Dutch howker, a particular sort of hoy.

HOUVARI, a strong land-wind in the West-Indies, accompanied with rain, thunder, and lightning.

HUCHE, a ship with a high poop, stern, or round-house, on the quarter-deck, as a Dutch flight.