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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
SHIPPING
SHIVERING
SHOAL
SHOE of the anchor
To SHOE an anchor
SHORE
BOLD-SHORE
To SHORTEN
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

STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky

SWEEPING to To SWING


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BOLD-SHORE

BOLD-SHORE, (berge, Fr.) on which is depth of water sufficient for a ship's draught, and free from shoals, or sunken rocks.

Bold SHORE, a coast which is steep and abrupt, so as to admit the closest approach of shipping without exposing them to the danger of being stranded.


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