<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.</def>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; <as>as, a long <ex>haul</ex> or short <ex>haul</ex></as>.</def>
<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.</def>
<h1>Haulage</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haul"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of hauling; <as>as, the <ex>haulage</ex> of cars by an engine</as>; charge for hauling.</def>
<h1>Hauler</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haul"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hauls.</def>
<h1>Haulm</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haulm</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>halm</ets>, AS. <ets>healm</ets>; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. <ets>halm</ets>, Icel. <ets>h\'belmr</ets>, L. <ets>calamus</ets> reed, cane, stalk, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Excel</er>, <er>Culminate</er>, <er>Culm</er>, <er>Shawm</er>, <er>Calamus</er>.]</ety> <def>The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.</def>
<h1>Haulm</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haulm</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A part of a harness; a hame.</def>
<h1>Hauls</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Hauls</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Hals</er>.</def>
<h1>Haulse</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haulse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Halse</er>.</def>
<h1>Hault</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Hault</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>hault</ets>, F. <ets>haut</ets>. See <er>Haughty</er>.]</ety> <def>Lofty; haughty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Through support of countenance proud and <b>hault</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Haum</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Haulm</er>, stalk.</def>
<i>Smart.</i>
<h1>Haunce</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haunce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To enhance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Lydgate.</i>
<h1>Haunch</h1> <Xpage=674>
<hw>Haunch</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hanche</ets>, of German origin; cf. OD. <ets>hancke</ets>, <ets>hencke</ets>, and also OHG. <ets>ancha</ets>; prob. not akin to E. <ets>ankle</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; <as>as, a <ex>haunch</ex> of venison</as>.</def>
<cs><col>Haunch bone</col>. <cd>See <cref>Innominate bone</cref>, under <er>Innominate</er>.</cd> -- <col>Haunches of an arch</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See <er>Crown</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 11.) Each <i>haunch<i> may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.</cd></cs>
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