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SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SAILING to SALUTE
SAILING
Order of SAILING
SAILING (navigation)
SAILOR
SAIL-YARD
SALLY-PORT
SALVAGE
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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SAILOR
SAILOR, (matelot, Fr.) a seafaring man: a person trained in the exercise of fixing the machinery of a ship, and managing her, either at sea, or in a road, or harbour.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 255, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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