"taut hand" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch",
          "text": "\"[…]I'm no Tartar nor a slavedriver. But I am a taut hand, and a taut ship where every man jack works clearly for me, our ship, his mates, and our Fleet is a happy ship.[…]\"\n(the novel The Gun Ketch is set in the late 1800s)",
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        "An officer who is severe in discipline."
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          "ref": "1879, George Cupples, The Green Hand: Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant",
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