S
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
STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS
STRAND
STRETCHER
STRETCHING
To STRIKE
STRING in ship-building
To STRIP the masts
STROKE
STROKESMAN
STROP
STUDDING-SAILS
STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky
SWEEPING to To SWING
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STRAND
STRAND, (touron, Fr.) one of the twists, or divisions, of which a rope is composed. See the articles ROPE and CABLE.STRAND also implies the sea-beach: hence a ship is said to be stranded when the has run aground on the sea-shore.
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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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