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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
SHOT to SLAB-LINE
SHOT
SHROUDS
SIDE
SIGNALS
SKEET
SKIDS or SKEEDS
SKIFF
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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SKEET
SKEET, a sort of long scoop commonly used to wet the decks and sides of a ship in hot weather, in order to keep them cool, and to prevent them from splitting by the heat of the sun. This practice is accordingly performed in general every morning and evening before sun-rise and after sun-set.This instrument, fig. 8. plate IX. is also employed in small vessels to wet the sails, to render them more steady and efficacious in light breezes.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 269, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1218.html