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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 Search Contact us |
To STRIKETo STRIKE, in navigation, to run ashore, or to beat upon the ground in passing over a bank or shallow.To STRIKE also implies to lower or let down any thing;. as an ensign, or topsail, in saluting; or,. as the yards and topmasts in tempestuous weather. It is, however, more particularly used to express the lowering of the colours, in token of surrender, to a victorious enemy.
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