“HISSER, hi-sa, v. a. v. 3, (mar.) to hoist, to sway, to heave up, to haul up, to pull up any thing by a tackle. — promptement, to trice. Hisse, hisse! hoist away!, hoist heartily. Hisse à courir, a run, a run!

?, s. m. an o; (interj.) O! ho!C'est un o en chiffr?. he is a mere cipher. (Prov.) Les ? de Noël, Christmas anthems beginning with ?. ? çà, now. O! Du navire, hola! hoa, the ship ahoy! O!’ d'en haut! yoa hoa, aloft there! man head there! O! hisse, ô! hale, ô! saille, ô! saque, ô! ride, (method of singing out as a signal to hoist! haul or rouse together on a tackle, or to push a beam.

SAILLE! Oh, saille! Interj. (mar.) rouse together!

UN deux, trois! (mar.) haul-in, haul-to, haul belay! (song used by seamen when hauling the bowlines.)

VOIX, V. Port. —, (mar.) the song (of sailors in hoisting, etc.) Donner la —, to sing out. A la —! mind the man that sings!”
[A New and Complete French and English and English and French Dictionary, Fleming-Tibbins, 1845]