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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 2038 are united at the fore end; the lower end is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests on the upper end. To stem the tide. When a ship is sailing against the tide, at such a rate as enables her to overcome its power, she is said to stem the tide. Steeve, turning up.--The bowsprit steeves too much, that is, it is too upright. Sternfast, a rope confining a ship by her stern to any other ship or to a wharf. Sternmost, the farthest astern, opposed to headmost. Stern-way, the motion by which a ship falls back with her stern foremost. Stiff, the condition of a ship when she will carry a great aqniatihity of sail without hazard of oversetting. It is used in opposition to crank. -- Stoppers, a large kind of ropes, which, being fastened to the cable in different places abaft the bitts, are an additional security to the ship at anchor. . To stow, to arrange and dispose a ship's cargo. Strand, one of the twists or divisions of which a rope is composed. It also implies the sea beach. Stranded. 'This term, speaking of a cable or rope, signifies that one of its strands is broken: applied to a vessel, it means that she is run aground and is lost. 3 To stream the buoy, to let it fall from the sede! s side into the water, previously to casting anchor. " Stretch out!" a term used to men ina boat when they should pull strong. To strike, to lower or let down anything ; used emphatically to denote the lowering of colors in token of surrender to a victorious enemy. To strike sounding, to touch ground when endeavoring to find the depth of water. Sued, or Sewed. When a ship is on shore, and the water leaves her, she is said to be swed ; if the water leaves her two feet, she swes or is sued two feet. Surf; the swell of the sea that breaks upon shore or on any rock. To surge the capstan, to slacken the rope heaved round upon it, Sway away, hoist. Swell, the fluctuating motion of the sea, either during or after a storm. Sweeping; the act of dragging the bight or loose part of a rope along the surface of the ground, in a harbor or road, in ardor to drag up some- thing lost. Swinging, the act of a ship's turning round her anchor at the change of wind or tide. To TACK, to turn a ship about from one tack to another, by bringing her head to wind. Tafferel, the uppermost part of a ship's stern. Taking in, the act of furling the sails, used in opposition to setting.