S
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
SLACK-WATER to SNATCH-BLOCK
SLACK-WATER
SLATCH
SLEEPERS
SLINGS
SLIP
SLOOP
SLOOP OF WAR
To SLUE
SMACK
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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SLEEPERS
SLEEPERS, a name formerly given by shipwrights to the thick-stuff placed longitudinally in a Ship's hold, opposite to the several scarfs of the timbers. It is now properly applied to the knees, which connect the transoms to the after-timbers on the ship's quarter.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 270, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1224.html