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SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SAILING to SALUTE
SALUTE to SCHOONER
SCOOP to SEA-COAST
SEA-CLOTHS to SENDING
SEA-CLOTHS
SEA-FARING
SEAMAN
SEA-MARK
SEA-ROOM
SEA-WEEDS
SEAMS
SIEZING
SELVAGE
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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SEAMAN
SEAMAN, (homme de mer, Fr.) a mariner or person trained in the exercise of fixing the machinery of a ship, and applying it to the purposes of navigation.The principal articles required in a common sailor to intitle him to the full wages, are, that he can steer, found, and manage the sails, by extending, reefing, and furling them, as occasion requires. When he is expert at these exercises, his skill in all other matters relative to his employment is taken for granted.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 259, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1154.html