Pintle Pin on which another part pivots.

Scantling Small timber for construction.

Sheave Wheel with a grooved rim, used as a pulley.

Slab Outside of a log cut off to square it for lumber.

Spoke-shave Drawknife for shaping spokes and rounded edges.

Stay (a mast) Strong rope or wire used to support a mast.

Step (a mast) Place a mast in its step (block where the heel of a
mast is fixed).

Thole Device on to the gunwale (side) of a boat to hold
the oar. Acts as a fulcrum for rowing.

Trunnion Pin; two small cylindrical projections on a cannon on
which it pivots.
French "trognon" means "stump".

White lead Lead carbonate, a heavy white poisonous powder,
used in paint pigments.




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