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A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. [Eng.]

ificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. [Eng.] -- Stamp office, an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties.

Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship. One of the closets is parqueted with plain deal, set in diamond, exceeding stanch and pretty. Evelyn.

Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.

A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.

and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship. In stays, or Hove in stays (Naut.), in the act or situation of staying, or going about from one tack to another. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Stay holes (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail through which the hanks pass which j…

A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.

course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily. Where the wind Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers, and shifts her sail. Milton.

The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship. He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth. Milton.

A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.

A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.

The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.

Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.

The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.

The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.

To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve.

A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.…

Stuck. And in the sand her ship sticked so fast. Chaucer. They sticked not to give their bodies to be burnt. Sir T. Browne.

ent to take cargo or ballast on board before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship.