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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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STANCHION
STANCHION, (batayelette, or batayolles, epontilles, Fr.) a sort of small pillar of wood or iron used for various purpoles in a ship; as to support the decks, the quarter-rails, the nettings, the awnings, &c.The first of these are two ranges of small columns, fixed under the beams, throughout the ship's length between-decks; one range being on the starboard, and the other on the larboard tide of the hatchways. They are chiefly intended to support the weight of the artillery.
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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/1265.html