stay.

STAYSAIL-NETTING. _See_ BOWSPRIT-NETTING.

STAYSAIL-STAY. The stay on which a staysail is set.

STAY-TACKLES, FORE AND MAIN. Special movable purchases for hoisting in
and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main hatchways,
working in conjunction with fore and main yard tackles.

STEADY! The order given to the steersman, in a fair wind, to steer the
ship on her course without deviating; to which he answers, _Steady it
is, sir_.

STEADY-FAST. A hawser carried out to some fixed object to keep a vessel
steady in a tide-way, or in preparation for making sail from a fast.

STEADY GALE. A fresh breeze pretty uniform in force and direction.

STEALING. The gaining of a rat-line or two in height while waiting on
the lower part of the rigging for the order to go aloft. Also, a vessel
is said _to steal ahead_ when she moves with the lightest breath of air.

STEAM-CHEST. The reservoir for steam above the water of the boiler;
sometimes termed _steam-chamber_.

STEAM-CRANE. A crane worked by means of a steam-engine.

STEAM-CYLINDER. _See_ CYLINDER.

STEAM-FRIGATE. A large armed steamer commanded by a captain in the navy.

STEAM-HOIST. A machine in dockyards for driving piles, working pumps,
&c.

STEAM NAVIGATION. The management of vessels propelled by steam-power.

STEAM-PACKET. A steamer employed in trading regularly between two places
with goods and passengers.

STEAM-PIPE. _See_ WASTE STEAM-PIPE.

STEAM-PORTS. Oblong passages leading from the nozzle-faces to the inside
of the cylinder; by them the steam enters and returns, above and below
the piston.

STEAM-RAM. A new order of war-vessel, fitted for running prow on against
an enemy's ship, to stave her in by crushing.

STEAM SLOOP-OF-WAR. One commanded by a commander.

STEAM-TUG. A vessel fitted with a marine steam-engine, and expressly
employed for towing ships.

STEAM-WINCH. A machine for hoisting out cargo or working a ship's pumps.

STEATAE. Broad low vessels used by the ancient pirates.

STEELER, OR STEALER. The foremost and aftermost plank in a strake, which
drops short of the stem or stern-post.

STEEP-TO. [Anglo-Saxon _steap_.] Said of a bold shore, admitting of the
largest vessels coming very close to the cliffs without touching the
bottom. (_See_ BOLD-SHORE.)

STEEP-TUB. A large tub in which salt provisions are soaked previous to
being cooked.

STEERAGE. The act of steering. (_See_ NICE STEERAGE.) Also, that part of
the s