S
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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SCALING the guns
SCALING the guns, (soufler, Fr.) the act of cleaning the inside of a ship's cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder; which essentually blows out any dirt or scales of iron which may adhere to the interior surface.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 257, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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