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SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SAILING to SALUTE
SALUTE to SCHOONER
SCOOP to SEA-COAST
SEA-CLOTHS to SENDING
SENNIT to SHANK
SHANK-PAINTER to SHEET
SHANK-PAINTER
To SHAPE the course
SHARP
SHEATHING
SHEAVE
SHEEP-SHANK
SHEER
SHEERING
SHEERS
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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SHANK-PAINTER
SHANK-PAINTER, a short rope and chain which hangs the shank and flukes of the anchor up to the ship's side, as the stopper fastens the ring and stock to the cat-head.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 260, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1172.html