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SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SADDLE
SAGGING
SAIC
SAIL
To set SAIL
To make SAIL
To shorten SAIL
To strike SAIL
SAILING to SALUTE
SALUTE to SCHOONER
SCOOP to SEA-COAST
SEA-CLOTHS to SENDING
SENNIT to SHANK
SHANK-PAINTER to SHEET
SHEET-ANCHOR to SHIP
SHIP to SHIP-SHAPE
SHIPPING to SHOT
SHOT to SLAB-LINE
SLACK-WATER to SNATCH-BLOCK
SNOTTER to SPILL
SPILLING-LINES to SPRING A LEAK
SPRINGING THE LUFF to SQUALL
SQUARE to STANDING-WATER
STARBOARD to STEM
STEMSON to STEWARD
STIFF to STRAKES or STREAKS
STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS
STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky
SWEEPING to To SWING
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SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SADDLE
SADDLE, a small cleat, or wooden block, hollowed on the upper and lower side, and nailed on the lower yard-arms, to retain the studding sail-booms in a firm and steady position. For this purpose the cavity on the lower part of the saddle conforms to the cylindrical surface of the yard to which it is attached: and in like manner the hollow, on the upper side, answers to the figure of the boom, and serves as a channel whereby it may be run out or in, along the yard, as occasion requires.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 250, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1112.html