Handy billy -- also known as Handy-billie -- was/is a common emergency portable pump that was placed aboard most U.S. Navy ships since World War I.
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handy billy - A watch tackle kept on deck for general use to get a pull on whatever is required, such as sheets, tacks, or halyards.
Handy billy -- A watch tackle kept on deck for getting a pull on sheets or halyards.
Hanks -- Rings or hooks for fastening the luffs of sails to stays.
Hard down -- The order to put the tiller a-lee. Hard up, the order to put the tiller a-weather.
tackle, block and tackle, handy billy
Traditionally pronounced "tay-kul". A system of blocks through which line is rove. It increases hauling power. The sections of line between the blocks are parts, and the pulling end of the line is the fall.
 See also: Block, Tackle, Point, Light, Mast
  
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