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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
STARBOARD to STEM
STARBOARD
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STEERAGE
STEERAGE-WAY
STEERING
STEEVING
STEM
STEMSON to STEWARD
STIFF to STRAKES or STREAKS
STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS
STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky
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STEM
STEM, (etrave, Fr. stammen, Swed.) a circular piece of timber, into which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end: the lower end of it is scarsed to the keel and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end.The stern is formed of one or two pieces, according to the size of the vessel; and as it terminates the ship forward, the ends of the wales and planks of the sides and bottom are let into a groove or channel, in the middle of it's surface, from the top to the bottom; which operation is called rabbeting. See that article.
The out side of the stern is usually marked with a scale, or division of feet, according to its perpendicular heighth from the keel. The intention of this, is to ascertain the draught of water at the fore part, when the ship is in preparation for a sea-voyage, &c.
The item at its lower end is of equal breadth and thickness with the keel, but it grows proportionally broader and thicker towards its upper extremity. See Naval ARCHITECTURE and Ship-BUILDING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 278, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1280.html