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Excerpt from The Imperial Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of the Sciences and Arts, Vol. 3 of 4: Comprehending Also the Whole Circle of Miscellaneous Literature; In This Work All the Sciences Are Digested in a Systematic Form, and Exhibited According to the Present Highly Improved State of Knowledge Hitch, in the sea-language, is 'to catch hold of any 'thing with a hook or rope, and bythis means to hold it fast: thus when a boat is to be hoisted in, the sailors say, hitch the tackles into the ring bolts of the boat; and when they are about to weigh anchor, Hitch the fish-hook to the fluke of the anchor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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