DICTIONARY OF

Smitting Line 318 Sny
Smiting Line. Rope attached to a number of rope yarn stops that were around a furled sail.
By pulling on this line the whole of the sail was instantly released, and could be sheeted
home.
Smoke Fog. Off-shore fog generated, mainly, by smoke particles.
Smoke Helmet. A head covering to which fresh air is supplied through a tube and pump, for
use in fighting fires.
Smoke Sail. Canvas screen placed abaft galley funnel to keep smoke soot particles from
falling on quarter deck or poop.
Smoke Stack. U.S.A. name for a steamship's funnel.
Smooth. Comparatively smooth area of sea surface in stormy sea.
Smuggler. Man or vessel engaged in smuggling.
Smuggling. Importing or exporting dutiable goods without paying the appropriate Customs
duties.
Snaffle. Lug that takes pivoting pin of a gooseneck.
Snake. To worm. To lay yarn or small rope in cantlines of a larger rope.
Snap Hook. Self-mousing hook having a spring strip across mouth.
Snatch. Fairlead or thumb cleat having a spring strip across the mouth.
Snatch Block. Block having a hinged part, in line of swallow, which can be opened to allow
bight of a rope to be laid on the sheave.
Snekkja. Norse longship of 50 to 60 oars, c. 900 A.D.
Snorkel/Snort. A large vertical tube extending above a submarine's conning-tower to enable
fresh air to be obtained when the submarine is just submerged. 2. A short tube with a facemask
worn by a swimmer for a similar purpose.
Snorter. Alternative name for 'Snotter'. 2. A very high wind.
Snotter. Rope strop, or metal ring, holding heel of a sprit or gaff to the mast. 2. Grommet
strop used for passing over a yard arm and around tripping rope when sending a yard aloft,
or on deck, so keeping mast alongside the rope. 3. Canvas strop through which bags are
slung. 4. A length of rope or wire with an eye spliced in each end, used for slinging bales,
etc.
Snotty. Nickname for a midshipman in Royal Navy.
Snow. Brig-rigged vessel whose main trysail, or 'driver", is carried by encircling rings, on a
small mast immediately abaft main mast.
Snowberg. Tabular berg.
Snow Box. Compartment, in a refrigerating machine, having baffle plates on which the
moisture in expanded cold air is converted into ice particles.
Snub. To stop suddenly a rope or cable that is running.
Snubber. A cable stopper.
Snubbing Line. Rope used for checking a vessel's way when warping her into a dock or
basin.
Snug Down. Reduce sail in anticipation of increased wind.
Sny. Boatbuilding term used when referring to the upward sweep of a boat's strake before
attachment to the ribs. The strake has a horned, or crescent, shape; the upward sweep from
middle to ends being the sny.