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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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SHEATHING
SHEATHING, (doublage, Fr.) a sort of casing or covering laid on the outside of a ship's bottom, to protect the planks from the pernicious effects of the worms: particularly in hot climates, as between the tropics.Sheathing either consists of a number of boards or deals of fir, or of sheets of lead or copper; which last is a very late invention, having been only experienced on a few of his Majesty's frigates: it seems, however, to answer the purpose much better than the fir-planks. When the sheathing is performed with boards, there is a quantity of hair and tar inserted between the outside of the bottom, and the inner surface of the boards.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 261, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1175.html