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SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SAILING to SALUTE
SALUTE to SCHOONER
SALUTE
SALT-PITS
SAMSONS-POST
SAUCER
SCALE of equal parts
SCALING the guns
SCANTING
SCANTLING
SCARF
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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SAMSONS-POST
SAMSONS-POST, (piedroit, FR.) a sort of pillar erected in a ship's hold, between the lower deck and the kelson, under the edge of a hatchway, and furnished with several notches that serve as steps to mount or descend, as occasion requires.This post, being firmly driven into its place, not only serves to support the beam, and fortify the vessel in that place, but also to prevent the cargo or materials contained in the hold from shifting to the opposite side, by the rolling of the ship in a turbulent and heavy sea.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 257, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1134.html