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–noun Nautical.

a heavy rope for mooring or towing.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME haucer < AF hauceour, equiv. to MF hauci(er) to hoist (< LL *altiāre to raise, deriv. of L altus high; see haughty) + -our -or², -er²

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n. A cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman haucer, from Old French haucier, to hoist, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, alteration of Late Latin altāre, from Latin altus, high; see al-² in Indo-European roots.]

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hawser

"large rope used for mooring, towing, etc.," 1294, from Anglo-Fr. haucer, from O.Fr. halcier, lit. "hoister," from V.L. *altiare, alteration of L.L. altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old). Altered in Eng. on mistaken association with hawse (from O.E. hals "prow of a ship," from the Gmc. word for "neck") and the hauling of boats.

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hawser
noun
large heavy rope for nautical use

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hawser [ˈhoːzə] noun

a thick rope or a steel cable for towing ships or tying them to a dock etc

Arabic:	حَبْل سَميك
Chinese (Simplified):	粗绳,大缆,系船索
Chinese (Traditional):	粗繩,大纜,系船索
Czech:	vlečné lano
Danish:	trosse; kabel
Dutch:	meertouw, meerkabel
Estonian:	tross
Finnish:	touvi
French:	câble de remorque
German:	die Trosse
Greek:	συρματόσχοινο
Hungarian:	hajókötél
Icelandic:	landfesti
Indonesian:	kabel baja
Italian:	cavo d'ormeggio*, gomena

Japanese:	もやい綱
Korean:	굵은 밧줄
Latvian:	trose
Lithuanian:	lynas
Norwegian:	kabel, trosse
Polish:	cuma
Portuguese (Brazil):	cabo de reboque
Portuguese (Portugal):	amarra
Romanian:	cablu
Russian:	трос
Slovak:	vlečné lano
Slovenian:	debela vrv za privezovanje ladij
Spanish:	guindaleza
Swedish:	tross, kabel, kätting
Turkish:	palamar, halat

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Hawser

En*hance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enhanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enhancing.] [Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See Altitude, and cf. Hawser.]

1. To raise or lift up; to exalt. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced. --Spenser.

2. To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.

The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated. --Southey.

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