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Zulu time GMT- Greenwich Meridian Time, also known as Universal Time
Zulu A fishing vessel from the north-east of scotland
Zenith In nautical astronomy a point imediately above an observer, coresspond to a straight line from the centre of the earth through the observer to the zenith
Zebeck A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with lanteen and some square sails
Yoke A piece of wood placed across the head of a boat`s rudder, with a rope attached to each end, by which the boat is steered
Yeoman A officer under the boatswain employed in a vessel of war to take charge of a storeroom as, boatswain`s yeoman the man that has charge of the stores, of rigging
Yellow jack Term used for yellow fever, used for quarantine flag which is coloured yellow, a naval pensioner in Greenwich Hospital who is too fond of his liquor and wore a yellow colour coat to denote this
Yellow admiral a post captain is posted to rear admiral on retirement without serving in that rank
Yawl boat Smaller powered boat used to provide steerageway when not under sail
Yawl A two-masted sailboat with the small mizzen mast stepped abaft the rudder post
Yawing The motion of a ship when she deviates from to the right or left
Yaw To swing off course, as when due to the impact of a following or quartering sea
Yaw The motion of a vessel when she goes off from her course
Yarn See Rope-Yarn
Yardarm and yardarm The situation of two vessels, lying alongside one another, so near that their yardarms cross or touch
Yardarm The extremities of a yard
Yard A long piece of timber or spar, tapering slightly toward the ends, and hung by the centre to a mast, to spread the square sails upon
Yankee A foresail flying above and forward of thee jib, usually seen on bowsprit vessels
Yacht Yate Jacht Yacht A vessel of pleasure or state
Xebec See Zebec
Wring-staves Strong pieces of plank used with the wring-bolts
Wring-bolts Bolts that secure the planks to the timbers
Wring To bend or strain a mast by setting the rigging up too taut
Worm Worm and parcel with the lay, turn and serve the other way, organic standing rigging was wormed, parcelled, and served in areas under great stress or potential friction: bobstays, stay and shroud eyes, pendants, sometimes the entire forward shroud
Work up To draw the yarns from old rigging and make them into spunyarn, foxes, sennit, also, a phrase for keeping a crew constantly at work upon needless matters, and in all weathers, and beyond their usual hours, for punishment
Woold To wind a piece of rope round a spar, or other thing
Withe - wythe An iron instrument fitted on the end of a boom or mast, with a ring to it, through which another boom or mast is rigged out and secured
Wingers Casks stowed in the wings of a vessel
Wing-and-wing The situation of a fore-and-aft vessel when she is going dead before the wind, with her foresail hauled over on one side and her mainsail on the other
Wing That part of the hold or between-decks which is next the side
Windward Toward the direction from which the wind is coming, opposite of leeward
Windlass The machine used in merchant vessels to weigh the anchor by
Windjammer A square-rigged commercial sailing ship used as an insulting term by steamboat sailors
Windjammer Large ship powered by wind and sails, used for pleasure cruising
Wind-rode The situation of a vessel at anchor when she swings and rides by the force of the wind, instead of the tide or current, see Tide-Rode
Winch A device used to increase hauling power when raising or trimming sails
Winch A purchase formed by a horizontal spindle or shaft with a wheel or crank at the end, a small one with a wheel is used for making ropes or spunyarn
Widow-maker A term for the bowsprit (many sailors lost their lives falling off the bowsprit while tending sails)
Whip A purchase formed by a rope rove through a single block, to whip, is to hoist by a whip, also to secure the end of a rope from fagging by a seizing of twine, Whip-upon-whip, one whip applied to the fall of another
Wheel device used for steering a boat
Wharf A manmade structure bonding the edge of a dock and built along or at an angle to the shoreline, used for loading, unloading, or tying up vessels
Weigh - to haul up Weigh the anchor
Weather-bitt To take an additional turn with a cable round the windlass-end
Weather roll The roll, which a ship makes to windward
Weather gage A vessel has the weather gage of another when she is to windward of her
Weather beaten Shattered by a storm, or disabled in battle
Weather Is known to be the particular state of the air with regard to the degree of the wind, to heat or cold, or to driness and moisture
Weather Is also used as an adjective, applied by mariners to every thing lying to windward of a particular situation, thus a ship is laid to have the weather-gage of another, when the is further to-windward, thus also when a ship under sail presents eithe
Wear See Ware
Way Movement of a vessel through the water, such as headway, sternway, or leeway
Way Of a ship, the course or progress which the makes on the water under sail, thus when she begins her motion, she is said to be under way and when that motion increases, she is said to have fresh way through the water, hence also she is said to have
Waterways Long pieces of timber, running fore and aft on both sides, connecting the deck with the vessel`s sides, the scuppers are made through them to let the water off
Waterline A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed
Water-boards - weather-boards To keep out the waves or spray of the sea
Water spout An extraordinary and dangerous meteor, consisting of a large mass of water, collected into a sort of column by the force of a whirlwind, and moved with rapidity along the surface of the sea
Water shot See Mooring
Water sail A save-all, set under the swinging-boom
Water logged The state of a ship when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, by leaking, she has become heavy and inactive upon the sea, so as to yield without resistance to the efforts of every wave rushing over her decks, as in this dangerous
Water line The line made by the water`s edge when a ship has her full proportion of stores, and crew on board
Water boune The state of a ship, with regard to the water surrounding her bottom, when there is barely a sufficient depth of it to float her off from the ground, particularly when she had for some time rested thereon
Watch-tackle A small luff purchase with a short fall, the double block having a tail to it, and the single one a hook, used for various purposes about decks
Watch-and-watch The arrangement by which the watches are alternated every other four hours, in distinction from keeping all hands during one or more watches
Watch ho! Watch! The cry of the man that heaves the deep-sea-lead
Watch A division of time on board ship, there are seven watches in a day, reckoning from 12 M round through the 24 hours, five of them being of four hours each, and the two others, called dog watches, of two hours each, viz, from 4 to 6, and from 6 to 8
Wash-boards Light pieces of board placed above the gunwale of a boat
Warp To move a vessel from one place to another by means of a rope made fast to some fixed object, or to a kedge, a warp is a rope used for warping, if the warp is bent to a kedge, which is let go, and the vessel is hove ahead by the capstan or windlas
Ware - wear To turn a vessel round, so that, from having the wind on one side, you bring it upon the other, carrying her stern round by the wind, in tacking, the same result is produced by carrying a vessel`s head round by the wind
Ward-room The room in a vessel of war in which the commissioned officers live
Walt An obsolete or spurious term signifying crank
Wall-sided A vessel is wall-sided when her sides run up perpendicularly from the bends, in opposition to tumbling home or flaring out
Wall A knot put on the end of a rope
Wales Strong planks in a vessel`s sides, running her whole length fore and aft
Wale-reared An obselete phrase, implying wall-sided
Wake Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind when moving across the waters
Wake Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving thru the water
Waisters Green hands, or broken-down seamen, placed in the waist of a man-of-war
Waist That part of the upper deck between the quarterdeck and forecastle
Waft Signal displayed from the stern of a ship for some particular purpose, by hoisting the ensign, furled up together into a long roll, to the head of its staff, it is particularly used to summon the boats off from the shore to the ship whereto they b
Wad Quantity of old rope-yarns, rolled firmly together into the form of a ball, and used to confine the shot or shell, together with its charge of powder, in the breech of a piece of artillery
Viol - voyal A larger messenger sometimes used in weighing an anchor by a capstan, also the block through which the messenger passes
Vhf radio A very high frequency electronic communications and direction finding system
Vhf very high frequency radio
Veer Said of the wind when it changes, also to slack a cable and let it run out, see Pay, to veer and haul, is to haul and slack alternately on a rope, as in warping, until the vessel or boat gets headway
Vast (written `vast) See Avast
Variation The angular difference between the magnetic meridian and the geographic meridian at a particular location
Vang A rope leading from the peak of the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail to the rail on each side, and used for steadying the gaff
Vane A small flag worn at each mast head to show wind direction
V-bottom A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a V
V-berth usually the forward berth of the boat, located in the bow
Uvrou See Euvrou
Unship See Ship
Unmoor To heave up one anchor so that the vessel may ride at a single anchor, see Moor
Union-down The situation of a flag when it is hoisted upside down, bringing the union down instead of up, used as a signal of distress
Union jack A small flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted at the bowsprit-cap
Union The upper inner corner of an ensign, the rest of the flag is called the fly, the union of the US ensign is a blue field with white stars, and the fly is composed of alternate white and red stripes
Underway Vessel in motion, when not moored, at anchor, or aground
Underway Vessel in motion, when not moored, at anchor, or aground
Under the red Jack Pirates
Unbend To cast off or untie, see Bend
Tye A rope connected with a yard, to the other end of which a tackle is attached for hoisting
Turnbuckle A threaded, adjustable rigging fitting, used for stays, lifelines, and sometimes other rigging
Turn up! The order given to send the men up from between decks
Turn Passing a rope once or twice round a pin or kevel, to keep it fast, also two crosses in a cable
Tumbling home Said of a ship`s sides when they fall in above the bends, the opposite of wall-sided
Tumble home Refers to a cabin or hull with a width that becomes narrower as height increases
Trysail A fore-and-aft sail, set with a boom and gaff, and hoisting on a small mast abaft the lower mast, called a trysail-mast, this name is generally confined to the sail so carried at the mainmast of a full-rigged brig, those carried at the foremast an
Truss The rope by which the centre of a lower yard is kept in toward the mast
Trunnions The arms on each side of a cannon by which it rests upon the carriage, and on which, as an axis, it is elevated or depressed
True wind The actual direction from which the wind is blowing
True north pole The north end of the earths axis and also called North Geographic Pole, the direction indicated by 000? (or 360?) on the true compass rose
Truck A circular piece of wood, placed at the head of the highest mast on a ship, it has small holes or sheaves in it for signal halyards to be rove through, also the wheel of a gun-carriage
Tripping line A line used for tripping a topgallant or royal yard in sending it down
Tripline A line fast to the crown of an anchor by means of which it can be hauled out when dug too deeply or fouled, a similar line used on a sea anchor to bring it aboard
Trip To raise an anchor clear of the bottom
Trimaran A boat with three hulls
Trim Fore and aft balance of a boat
Trim The condition of a vessel, with reference to her cargo and ballast, a vessel is trimmed by the head or by the stern, in ballast trim, is when she has only ballast on board, also, to arrange the sails by the braces with reference to the wind
Trick The time allotted to a man to stand at the helm
Trice To haul up by means of a rope
Triatic stay A rope secured at each end to the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced into its bight, to hook the stay tackles to
Trestle-trees Two strong pieces of timber, placed horizontally and fore-and-aft on opposite sides of a mast-head, to support the cross-trees and top, and for the fid of the mast above to rest upon
Trend The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill
Treenails - trunnels Long wooden pins, used for nailing a plank to a timber
Traverses These are the ribs or frames of the ship, and when placed in position, give the principal shape or contour, Transverses are not all the same distance apart amidships
Traveller An iron ring, fitted so as to slip up and down a rope
Transom-knees Knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers
Transom The stern cross-section of a square-sterned boat, any transverse beams secured to the sternpost
Transom the planking that forms the stern and closes off the sides
Train-tackle The tackle used for running guns in and out
Tow To draw a vessel along by means of a rope
Touch A sail is said to touch, when the wind strikes the leech so as to shake it a little, Luff and touch her! The order to bring the vessel up and see how near she will go to the wind
Toss To throw an oar out of the rowlock, and raise it perpendicularly on its end, and lay it down in the boat, with its blade forward
Topsides The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck, sometimes referring to onto or above the deck
Topsail schooner A schooner with a square rigged sail on forward mast
Topsail The sail above the lowermost sail on a square-rigged ship, also the sail set above and sometimes on the gaff in a fore-and-aft rigged ship
Topsail The second sail above the deck
Topping lift A line or wire for lifting the boom
Topmast A second spar carried at the top of the fore or main mast, used to fly more sail
Topgallantsail The third sail above the deck
Topgallant mast The third mast above the deck
Topgallant Relating to the part next above the topmast and below the royal mast
Top-rope The rope used for sending topmasts up and down
Top-lining A lining on the after part of sails, to prevent them from chafing against the top-rim
Top-light A signal lantern carried in the top
Top-block A large ironbound block, hooked into a bolt under the lower cap, and used for the top-rope to reeve throug
Top timbers The highest timbers on a vessel`s side, being above the futtocks
Top A platform, placed over the head of a lower mast, resting on the trestletrees, to spread the rigging, and for the convenience of men aloft, to top up a yard or boom, is to raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift
Toggle A pin placed through the bight or eye of a rope, block-strap, or bolt, to keep it in its place, or to put the bight or eye of another rope upon, and thus to secure them both together
Toe rail A small rail around the deck of a boat, the toe rail may have holes in it to attach lines or blocks
To weather To sail to windward of some ship, bank, or head-land
To turn in or turn out Nautical terms for going to rest in a berth or hammock, and getting up from them
To steer small To keep a vessel on course with only small movements of the steering gear
To steer large The opposite to steer small
To shore To prop up
To scuttle To cut or bore holes in a vessel to make her sink
To sculll To impel a boat by one oar at the stern
To purchase The anchor, is to loosen it out of the ground
To lay aboard To sail alongside an enemy vessel with the intention of boarding
To heel To lie over on one side
To draw a jib To shift it over the stay to leeward, when it is aback
To counter-brace yards To brace the head-yards one way and the after-yards another
To come up a rope or tackle To slack it off
To clew up To haul up the clew of a sail
To break ground To lift the anchor from the bottom
To break bulk To begin to unload
To break shear When a vessel, at anchor, in tending, is forced the wrong way by the wind or current, so that she does not lie so well for keeping herself clear of her anchor
To brace up To lay the yard fore fore-and-aft
To brace to To brace the head yards a little aback, in tacking or wearing
To brace aback See Aback
To brace a yard To turn it about horizontally
To bend a sail To make it fast to the yard
To bend a cable To make it fast to the anchor
To bear-a-hand To make haste
To bear up To put the helm up, keep a vessel off from her course, and move her to leeward
To bear down upon a vessel To approach her from the windward
To bear away The same as to bear up, being applied to the vessel instead of to the tiller
To back and fill Is alternately to back and fill the sails
To back a sail Is throw it aback
To brace in To lay it nearer square
Timenoguy A rope carried taut between different parts of the vessel, to prevent the sheet or tack of a course from getting foul, in working ship
Timber heads The ends of the timbers that come above the decks, used for belaying hawsers and large ropes
Timber A general term for all large pieces of wood used in shipbuilding, also more particularly, long pieces of wood in a curved form, bending outward, and running from the keel up, on each side, forming the ribs of a vessel, the keel, stem, sternposts a
Tiller-ropes Ropes leading from the tiller-head round the barrel of the wheel, by which a vessel is steered
Tiller A bar or handle for turning a boats rudder or an outboard motor
Tiller A bar of wood or iron, put into the head of the rudder, by which the rudder is moved
Tier A range of casks, also the range of the fakes of a cable or hawser, the cable tier is the place in a hold or between decks where the cables are stowed
Tide-rode The situation of a vessel, at anchor, when she swings by the force of the tide, in opposition to wind-rode
Tide The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans
Tide To tide up or down a river or harbor, is to work up or down with a fair tide and head wind or calm, coming to anchor when the tide turns
Thwartships See Athwartships
Thwarts The seats going across a boat, upon which the oarsmen sit
Thwart A seat or brace running laterally across a boat, also a rowers seat extending across the boat
Thus See Dyce
Thrum To stick short strands of yarn through a mat or piece of canvass, to make a rough surface
Throat The inner end of a gaff, where it widens and hollows in to fit the mast, see Jaws, also the hollow part of a knee
Thole pins Pins in the gunwale of a boat, between which an oar rests when pulling, instead of a rowlock
Thimble An iron ring, having its rim concaves on the outside for a rope or strap to fit snugly round
Thick-and-thin block A block having one sheave larger than the other, sometimes used for quarter-blocks
The throat brails Halyards, are those that hoist or haul up the gaff or sail near the throat, also the angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank
The eyes of a vessel A familiar phrase for the forward part
The bearings of a vessel The widest part of her below the plank-shear, that part of her hull, which is on the waterline when she is at anchor, and in her proper trim
Tenon The heel of a mast, made to fit into the step
Tend To watch a vessel at anchor at the turn of tides, and cast her by the helm, and some sail if necessary, so as to keep turns out of her cables
Tell tale A compass hanging from the beams of the cabin, which may know the heading of a vessel at any time, also an instrument connected with the barrel of the wheel, and traversing so that the officer may see the position of the tiller
Taut Tight
Taunt High or tall, commonly applied to a vessel`s masts, all-a-taunt-o, said of a vessel when she has all her light and tall masts and spars aloft
Tarpaulin A piece of canvass, covered with tar, used for covering hatches, boats, etc, also the name commonly given to a sailor`s hat when made of tarred or painted cloth
Tar A liquid gum, taken from pine and fir trees, and used for caulking, and to put upon yarns in rope-making, and upon standing rigging, to protect it from the weather
Tank An iron vessel placed in the hold to contain the vessel`s water
Tampion - tompion Meaning a plug for a gun-muzzle dates from about 1480, Originally, it referred to a piece of cloth, used as a stopper
Tail-tackle A watch-tackle
Tail on! - tally on! An order given to take hold of a rope and pull
Tail A rope spliced into the end of a block and used for making it fast to rigging or spars, such a block is called a tail-block, a ship is said to tail up or down stream, when at anchor, according as her stern swings up or down with the tide in op
Taffrail log A propeller drawn through the water that operates a meter on the boat registering the speed and distance sailed
Taffrail - tafferel The rail round a ship`s stern
Tacks aboard To brace the yards around for sailing close hauled
Tackle A combination of blocks and line used to increase mechanical advantage
Tackle (Pronounced tay-cle), a purchase, formed by a rope rove through one or more blocks
Tack To put a ship about, so that from having the wind on one side, you bring it round on the other by the way of her head, the opposite of wearing
Tack A vessel is on the starboard tack, or has her starboard tacks on board, when she has the wind on her starboard side
Tack The rope or tackle by which the weather clew of a course is hauled forward and down to the deck
Tack The lower forward corner of the sail
Tack The tack of a fore-and-aft sail is the rope that keeps down the lower forward clew and of a studdingsail, the lower outer clew, the tack of the lower studdingsail is called the outhaul, also that part of a sail in which the tack is attached
Tabling Letting one beam-piece into another, see Scarfing, also the broad hem on the borders of sails, to which the bolt-rope is sewed
Syphering Lapping the edges of planks over each other for a bulkhead
Swivel A long link of iron, used in chain cables, made so as to turn upon an axis and keep the turns out of a chain
Swig A term used by sailors for the mode of hauling off upon the bight of a rope when its lower end is fast
Swifter The forward shroud to a lower-mast, also ropes used to confine the capstan bars to their places when shipped
Swift To bring two shrouds or stays close together by ropes
Sweep To drag the bottom for an anchor, also large oars used in small vessels to force them ahead
Swamp To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom
Swab A mop, formed of old rope, used for cleaning and drying decks
Surge ho! The notice given when a cable is to be surged
Surge A large, swelling wave, to surge a rope or cable is to slack it up suddenly where it renders round a pin, or round the windlass or capstan
Surf The breaking of the sea upon the shore
Supporters The knee-timbers under the catheads
Sued - sewed The condition of a ship when she is high and dry on shore, if the water leaves her two feet, she sues, or is sued, two feet
Studdingsails Light sails set outside the square sails, on booms rigged out for that purpose, they are only carried with a fair wind and in moderate weather
Strike To lower a sail or colors
Stretchers Pieces of wood placed across a boat`s bottom, inside, for the oarsmen to press their feet against, in rowing, also cross pieces placed between a boat`s sides to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped
Stream The stream anchor is one used for warping and sometimes as a lighter anchor to moor by, with a hawser, it is smaller than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, to stream a buoy, is to drop it into the water
Streak - strake A range of planks running fore-and-aft on a vessel`s side
Strap A piece of rope spliced rounds a block to keep its parts well together, some blocks have iron straps, in which case they are called iron bound
Strand A number of rope-yarns twisted together, three, four or nine strands twisted together form a rope, a rope is stranded when one of its strands is parted or broken by chafing or by a strain, a vessel is stranded when she is driven on shore
Stowed in bulk When goods are stowed loose, instead of being stowed in casks or bags, see Break bulk
Stow To pack or store away, especially to pack in an orderly, compact manner
Stopper bolts Ringbolts to which the deck stoppers are secured
Stopper A stout rope with a knot at one end, and sometimes a hook at the other, used for various purposes about decks as, making fast a cable, so as to overhaul, see Cat Stopper, Deck Stopper
Stop A fastening of small stuff, also small projections on the outside of the cheeks of a lower mast, at the upper parts of the hounds
Stools Small channels for the deadeyes of the backstays
Stocks The frame upon which a vessel is built
Stock A beam of wood, or a bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank of an anchor, at right angles with the arms, an iron stock usually goes with a key, and unships
Stirrups Ropes with thimbles at their ends, through which the footropes are rove, and by which they are kept up toward the yards
Stiff The quality of a vessel, which enables it to carry a great deal of sail without lying over-much on her side, the opposite to crank
Sternpost The aftermost timber in a ship, reaching from the after end of the keel to the deck, the stem and sternpost are the two extremes of a vessel`s frame
Stern-way The movement by which a ship retreats, or falls backward, with her stern foremost
Stern-frame The frame composed of the sternpost transom and the fashion-pieces
Stern-board When a vessel goes stern foremost
Stern-board The motion of a vessel when going sternforemost
Stern sheets The after part of a boat, abaft the rowers, where the passengers sit
Stern line A docking line leading away from the stern
Stern The after part (back) of the boat
Stern After end of a vessel
Stern Heck The after end of a vessel, see By the stern
Stern The rear section of the boat
Step A block of wood secured to the keel, into which the heel of the mast is placed, to step a mast is to put it in its step
Stemson A piece of compass-timber, fixed on the after part of the apron inside, the lower end is scarfed into the keelson, and receives the scarf of the stem, through which it is bolted
Stem The timber at the very front of the bow
Stem A piece of timber reaching from the forward end of the keel, to which it is scarfed, up to the bowsprit, and to which the two sides of the vessel are united
Steeve A bowsprit steeves more or less, according as it is raised more or less from the horizontal, the steeve is the angle it makes with the horizon, also, a long, heavy spar, with a place to fit a block at one end, and used in stowing certain kinds of
Steerage That part of the between-decks which is just forward of the cabin
Steer To control the direction of a vessel via the steering gear
Steady! An order to keep the helm as it is
Staysail A sail, which hoists upon a stay
Stays Large ropes, used to support masts, and leading from the head of some mast down to some other mast, or to some part of the vessel, those, which lead forward, are called fore-and-aft stays and those which lead down to the vessel`s sides, backstays,
Stay sail any sail attached to a stay
Stay A line or wire from the mast to the bow or stern of a ship, for support of the mast (fore, back, running, and triadic stays)
Stay To tack a vessel, or put her about, so that the wind, from being on one side, is brought upon the other, round the vessel`s head, see Tack, Wear, to stay a mast, is to incline it forward or aft, or to one side or the other, by the stays and backst
Staterooms Private cabins in a ship
Start To start a cask, is to open it
Starboard The right side of a boat when looking forward
Starboard Right side of the ship when facing forward
Starboard The right side of a vessel, looking forward
Starboard Right side of the vessel when facing forward
Star bowlines The familiar term for the men in the starboard watch
Standing rigging Shrouds and stays that secure the yards and mast in place
Standing rigging That part of a vessel`s rigging, which is made fast and not, hauled upon, see Running
Standing part That part of a line which is made fast, the main part of a line as distinguished from the bight and the end
Standing The standing part of a rope is that part which is fast, in opposition to the part that is hauled upon or the main part, in opposition to the end, the standing part of a tackle is that part which is made fast to the blocks and between that and the
Standard An inverted knee, placed above the deck instead of beneath it as, bill-standard
Stand-on vessel That vessel which continues its course in the same direction at the same speed during a crossing or overtaking situation, unless a collision appears imminent (Was formerly called the privileged vessel)
Stand by! An order to be prepared
Stanchions Upright posts of wood or iron, placed so as to support the beams of a vessel, also upright pieces of timber, placed at intervals along the sides of a vessel, to support the bulwarks and rail, and reaching down to the bends, by the side of the timb
Staff A pole or mast, used to hoist flags upon
Stabber A Pricker
Square-sail Is the oldest type of sail, its is a square or rectangular sail held horizontal by a yard
Square-rigger Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal beems called yards
Square rig A ship carrying square sails
Square knot A knot used to join two lines of similar size, also called a reef knot
Square knot Used for tying two ropes together
Square Yards are squared when they are horizontal and at right angles with the keel, squaring by the lifts makes them horizontal and by the braces, makes them at right angles with the vessel`s line, also the proper term for the length of yards, a vessel
Squall A sudden, violent wind often accompanied by rain
Squall A sudden violent blast of wind
Spurs Pieces of timber fixed on the bilge-ways, their upper ends being bolted to the vessel`s sides above the water, also curved pieces of timber, serving as half beams, to support the decks where whole beams cannot be placed
Spurling line A line communicating between the tiller and tell-tale
Spur-shoes Large pieces of timber that come abaft the pump-well
Spunyarn A cord formed by twisting together two or three rope-yarns
Sprit-sail-yard A yard lashed across the bowsprit or knight-heads, and used to spread the guys of the jib and flying jib-boom, there was formerly a sail bent to it called a sprit-sail
Sprit A small boom or gaff, used with some sails in small boats, the lower end rests in a becket or snotter by the foot of the mast, and the other end spreadsß and raises the outer upper corner of the sail, crossing it diagonally, a sail so rigged in