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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
SEA
SEA-BOAT
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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SCUTTLING
SCUTTLING, the act of cutting large holes. through the bottom or sides of a ship, either when she is stranded or overset, and continues to float on the surface. The defign of this expedient is usually to take out the whole or a part of the cargo, provisions, stores, &c. with all possible expedition.
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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/1148.html