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heave to
verb
- adverb to stop (a vessel) or (of a vessel) to stop, as by trimming the sails, etc Alsolay to
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She was hailed and directed to heave-to, also, as soon as far enough ahead.
The enemy saw them coming, but did not heave-to in order to meet them, endeavouring rather to escape.
The stranger seemed to think so, at all events, and without yawing fired a shot as a signal to the chase to heave-to.
Still Captain Jones held on his course, remarking, “It will be time enough to heave-to when her shot comes aboard us.”
However, we must all heave-to in deep water or in shallow water some time or other, and the tide has overtaken you and me to-day.
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