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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
SNOTTER
SNOW
SOLE
SOUNDING
SPAN
SPAN-SHACKLE
SPARE
PUMP-SPEAR
SPELL
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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SPARE
SPARE, (rechange, Fr.) an epithet applied to any part of a ship's equipage, or furniture, that lies in reserve, to supply the place of such as may be loft, or rendered incapable of service. Hence we say, spare top-masts, spare sails, spare rigging, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 272, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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