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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
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STERN
STERN-FAST
STERNMOST
STERN-POST
STERN-SHEETS
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STEWARD
STIFF to STRAKES or STREAKS
STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS
STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky
SWEEPING to To SWING
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STERN (continued)
Fig. 2. exhibits a stern view of a 6o gun-ship, with the curve of the frame-timbers on one side, and the disposition of all the planks of the bottom on the other side.Fig. 3. represents a stern view of a French man of war of 70 guns.
Plate XI. fig. I. is a stern for a first or second rate: accordingly it is furnished with a middle apartment between the ward-room and the captain's cabin. This apartment is also furnished with galleries on the stern and quarter. The other parts of it are described in the explanation of fig. I. in plate X. See also the article QUARTER.
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Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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