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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
STEMSON to STEWARD
STEMSON
STEP
STERN
STERN-FAST
STERNMOST
STERN-POST
STERN-SHEETS
STERN-WAY
STEWARD
STIFF to STRAKES or STREAKS
STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS
STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky
SWEEPING to To SWING
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STEP
STEP, (carlingue, Fr.) a block of wood fixed on the decks or bottom of a ship, and having a hole in its upper side fitted to receive the heel of a mast or capstern.The steps of the main and fore-masts of every ship rest upon the kelson, as appears in fig. 2. and 3. plate VI. to which they are firmly secured by knees, bolts, or spike-nails. The step of the mizen-mast usually rests upon the lower deck. See also the article CAPSTERN.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 279, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1282.html