work or haze (someone) cruelly or unfairly. From the
nautical term horsing up, the
action of using a horsing
iron to caulk the deck of a wooden
vessel. A horsing
iron is a
broad-bladed, dull1110 edged chisel with a long wooden
handle. It is held in
position along a deck seam by one
man while another
man drives it in
hard using a heavy wooden mallet to consolidate the oakum between the planks.
—SHSBC Binder 18 Approved Glossary