DICTIONARY OF

Shirt in Rigging 309 Short-Handed
Shirt in Rigging.* Signal formerly made by a merchant vessel when asking for a boat to be
sent to her by a warship.
Shiver. Old name for 'Sheave'. 2. To put luff of a sail into the wind so that the wind is
spilled out of it.
Shoal. Ground with its upper surface a little below surface of the water. 2. Water shoals
when its depth decreases.
Shoe. Board or block in which heel of a derrick or sheer leg is housed. 2. Step of a mast.
Shoe an Anchor. To lash a board, or plate, to fluke of anchor to increase its grip in the
ground. Sometimes put on Admiralty pattern anchor to prevent bill catching on edge of side
plating when fishing the anchor.
Shoe Block. Block with two sheaves, one above the other, and the pin of one sheave athwart
line of pin of the other sheave.
Shole. Flat timber, or plate, put under heel of a derrick or sheer leg to spread the thrust. 2.
Piece of wood attached to lower edge of rudder to protect it when ship takes the ground. 3.
Old form of 'Shoal'.
Shoot Ahead. To move ahead swiftly. To move ahead of another vessel quickly when
underway.
Shoot Anchor.* Sheet Anchor.
Shooting in Stays. Carrying a good amount of way when going from one tack to the other
under sail.
Shooting Stars. Meteors.
'Shoot the Sun.' To take Sun's altitude with sextant or quadrant.
Shore. Legally, area between high and low water marks on the coast. Commonly, the land
immediately inshore of the sea.
Shore. Strong prop that supports or steadies a vessel's hull while building or in dock.
Applied in line of a floor, frame, or rib. To shore is to place shores so that they steady or
support.
Shore Floe. Field or floe ice that has become joined to shore, and does not rise and fall with
tide.
Shore Horizon. Line made by sea surface along the shore, as viewed from ship.
Shoring. Supporting with shores. 2. All the shores used when shoring.
Short Bills. Bills of Exchange that become payable within 10 days of sighting.
Short Delivery. Delivery of cargo when short of bill of lading amount.
Shorten In. To decrease the amount of cable by which a vessel is riding.
Short Exchange. Rate of exchange for 'Short Bills'.
Shorten Sail. To reduce effective sail area of a ship under sail by furling or reefing.
Short Glass. Sand glass used in connection with ship log when speed exceeds five knots.
Empties in 14 seconds; log indication being doubled to find speed.
Short-Handed. Not having full crew. Undermanned.