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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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SEA-MARK
SEA-MARK, a point or conspicuous place distinguished at sea.Sea-marks are of various kinds, as steeples, promontories, piles of ruins, groups of trees, &c. and are very necessary to direct vessels on the coast of their situation. See also BEACON and BUOY.
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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/1155.html