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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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SHOT (continued)
Diameter of IRON SHOT used in the Sea-service, according to their weight.| Ilb | Inch. | Parts. |
| 1½ | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | 77 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 49 |
| 9 | 4 | 00 |
| 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 |
| 24 | 5 | 50 |
| 32 | 6 | 60 |
| 42 | 6 | 68 |
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 266, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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