haugh ( gh guttural)

[A. S. hag a =a field, a hedge; Icel. hag i; Ger. hage =an inclosed meadow.] Low-lying rich lands; lands which are occasionally overflowed. "Oh sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods." Burns: To William Simpson. (6) To haul the wind : Naut.: To turn the head of the ship nearer to that point from which the wind blows, by arranging the sails more obliquely, bracing the yards further forward, hauling the sheets more aft, . hâul, s . [HAUL, v.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of dragging, drawing, or pulling with force. (Thomson: Autumn, 547.) 2. A draught of a net; as, to take so many fish at a haul . 3. That which is taken at a haul; hence, that which a person gains or receives at one time. II. Rope - making : A bundle of three or four hun. dred parallel yarns ready for tarring. Being dipped in a tar-kettle, the haul is dragged through a grip, gape, or sliding nipper which expre es the superfluous tar.