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SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SAILING to SALUTE
SALUTE to SCHOONER
SCOOP to SEA-COAST
SCOOP
SCRAPING
SCUD
SCUDDING
SCUPPERS
SCUTTLE
SCUTTLING
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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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SCRAPING
SCRAPING, the act of shaving off the dirty surface of the plank, in a ship's side or decks, particularly after a voyage, or when the seams have been covered with a new composition of melted pitch or resin.The instrument with which this is performed is accordingly called a scraper, and is represented in fig. 4. plate IX.
After the sides of a ship are sufficiently scraped, they are varnished over with turpentine, or a mixture of tar and oil, or such materials; which preserves the planks from being rent or split by the sun and wind, and gives the ship a more gay and splendid appearance on the water.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 258, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1143.html