Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening]

1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. [1913 Webster]

2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.]

--Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3. (Naut.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. -- Totten. [1913 Webster]

To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.

To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.

To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[=a]ls, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]

1. A hawse hole. --Harris. [1913 Webster]

2. (Naut.)
   (a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
   (b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
   (c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. [1913 Webster]

Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.

Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together.

Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also hawse plug.

Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut.

Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).

To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant]

To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part. [1913 Webster] hawsehole

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

3. (Naut.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. -- Totten.

To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.

To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.

To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[=a]ls, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]

1. A hawse hole. --Harris.

2. (Naut.)
   (a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
   (b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
   (c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.

Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.

Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together.

Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also hawse plug.

Hawse hole, a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes.

Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut.

Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).

To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant]

To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)