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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
SQUARE to STANDING-WATER
SQUARE
SQUARE-RIGGED
SQUARE-SAIL
STAFF
STANCHION
STANCHIONS of the nettings
STANDARD
Royal STANDARD
STANDING
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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STAFF
STAFF, (baton, Fr.) a light. pole erected in different parts of a ship, whereon to hoist and display the colours.The principal of these is reared immediately over the stern, to display the ensign; another is fixed on the bowsprit, to extend the jack; three more are erected at the three mast-heads, or formed by their upper ends, to show the flag or pendent of the respective squadron or division to which the ship is appropriated. See ENSIGN, MAST, JACK, and PENDENT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 276, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1264.html