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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
SPRINGING THE LUFF to SQUALL
SPRINGING THE LUFF
SPRING-TIDE
SPRIT
SPRITSAIL
SPRITSAIL-TOPSAIL
SPUNGE
SPUN-YARN
SPURS of the beams
SQUADRON
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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SPUN-YARN
SPUN-YARN, (bittord, Fr.) a small line or cord formed of two or three rope-yarns twisted together by a winch. The yarns, of which it is usually made at sea, are drawn out of the strands of old cables or other ropes, and are knotted together and tarred. It is employed for several purposes particularly to fasten one rope to another, to seize block-strops to the shrouds, and to serve ropes which are liable to be chafed by rubbing one against another, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 275, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1257.html