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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

SPILLING-LINES to SPRING A LEAK
SPILLING-LINES
SPINDLE
SPIRKETING
To SPLICE
SPLIT
SPOON-DRIFT
SPOONING
SPRAY
SPRING
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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SPLIT

SPLIT, the late of a sail which is rent asunder by the violence of a tempest, or by sustaining a greater effort on one part of its surface than the rest.

SPLIT, when applied to a ship, is also the state of being stranded and bilged on a rock or shore.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 273, 2003
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