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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

STIFF to STRAKES or STREAKS
STIFF
STINK-POT
STIRRUPS
STOCKS
STOPPERS
STORE-KEEPER
STORE-ROOM
STOWAGE
STRAIT
STRAKES or STREAKS

STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS

STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky

SWEEPING to To SWING


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STRAKES or STREAKS

STRAKES, or STREAKS, the uniform ranges of planks on the bottom and sides of a ship; or the continuation of planks joined to the end of each other, and reaching from the stem, which limits the vessel forward, to the stern-post, and fashion pieces, which terminate her length abaft. The lowest of these, which is called the garboard-streak, is let into the keel below, and into the stern and stern-post. See those articles.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 282, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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