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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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SIEZING

SEIZING, (amarrer, Fr.) the operation of fastening any two ropes, or different parts of one rope together, with a small line or cord: also the cord (amarrage) which fastens them.


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