DICTIONARY OF

Hoist 171 Honda Steels
Hoist. To lift. Amount of goods lifted at one time. 2. Group of flags forming a signal or part
of a signal. 3. The perpendicular extent or measurement of a flag. 4. Extent to which a yard
or sail can be hoisted.
Hold. Interior space in which cargo is carried in a vessel. One of the divisions into which the
interior space is divided.
Hold a Luff. To keep close to the wind when under sail.
Hold Beam. Thwartship beam supporting a deck covering a hold. Name is sometimes given
to a 'Hatch Beam'.
Holding Ground. Bottom of sea when its nature is such that an anchor will grip with a
reasonable amount of security.
Holding On. Continuing on a course.
Hold Pillars. Vertical members extending from floor to beam in a hold. Support deck and
help to resist racking stresses.
Hold Stringers. Horizontal strength members going fore and aft alongsides of hold.
Hold Water. To retard or stop fore and aft motion of a rowed boat by putting blades of oars
vertically in water, with looms at right angles to fore and aft line, and maintaining them in
this position.
Holidays. Days on which it is customary not to work in a given port or country. 2. Spaces
carelessly left v/hen painting or cleaning an area.
Hollow Sea.* Swell that is not due to a prevailing wind.
Holme's Compass. Magnetic compass designed to control and operate a number of
repeaters at remote positions.
Holme's Light. Calcium phosphate light that ignites on contact with water, giving off both
smoke and flame. Attached to life buoys to make them more conspicuous when in the water.
Holophonal. Term applied to a light when its rays are reflected or refracted into a beam.
Holystone. Small piece of soft white sandstone used for cleaning wooden decks by abrasion.
To clean with holystones.
Home. In place. Close down.
Home Trade. Seaborne trade between British and Irish ports and ports in Europe between
Elbe and Brest inclusive.
Home Trade Agreement. Contract between master and crew of vessel in the Home Trade.
In force for six months from date of opening. Wages are usually on a weekly basis; crew
usually find their own provisions; short notice of termination, on either side, is fairly
general.
Home Trade Limits. Coasts of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Eire and Channel Islands
and coast of Europe from Elbe to Brest, both inclusive.
Homeward Bound. Said of a vessel when she is bound for a port in her own country. 2.
Colloquial term for any work, particularly sewing of canvas, when it is done hurriedly and
carelessly.
Honda Steels. Steel alloys having exceptional magnetic retentivity. They contain cobalt,
nickel and aluminium.