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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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BOLD-SHORE
BOLD-SHORE, (berge, Fr.) on which is depth of water sufficient for a ship's draught, and free from shoals, or sunken rocks.Bold SHORE, a coast which is steep and abrupt, so as to admit the closest approach of shipping without exposing them to the danger of being stranded.
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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/1208.html