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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
SHEET-ANCHOR to SHIP
SHIP to SHIP-SHAPE
SHIPPING to SHOT
SHIPPING
SHIVERING
SHOAL
SHOE of the anchor
To SHOE an anchor
SHORE
BOLD-SHORE
To SHORTEN
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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To SHOE an anchor
To SHOE an anchor, (brider, Fr.) is to cover the flukes with a broad triangular piece of plank, whose area, or superficies, is much larger than that of the flukes. It is intended to give the anchor a stronger and surer hold of the bottom in very foft and oozy ground.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 265, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1206.html