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SENNIT to SHANK
SHANK-PAINTER to SHEET
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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
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STARBOARD to STEM
STEMSON to STEWARD
STIFF to STRAKES or STREAKS
STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS
STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky
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SWAB
SWAB, (sauber, Fr. fwabb, Swed.) a sort of mop formed of a large bunch of old rope-yarns, and used to clean the decks and cabins of a ship hence the person who uses it is called the swabber.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 284, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1318.html