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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
SLACK-WATER to SNATCH-BLOCK
SNOTTER to SPILL
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SPAN
SPAN-SHACKLE
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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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SPAN
SPAN, (pendour, Fr. spanna, Ital.) a small line or cord, the middle of which is usually attached to a lay, from whence the two ends branch outwards to the right and left, and having either a black or thimble attached to their extremities. The intention of the span is accordingly to confine some rope which passes through the corresponding block or thimble, as well to increase the effort of the laid rope, as to prevent it from swinging at too great a distance from the center of its action in stormy weather. Such are the spans occasionally used for the top-gallant braces, or the fore-top-gallant bowlines, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 272, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1236.html