ck, in contradistinction to that which is pulled upon,
and is called the fall, or running part.

STANDING PULL. One with the face towards the tackle, being about 2 feet
each pull.

STANDING RIGGING. That part which is made fast, and not hauled upon;
being the shrouds, backstays, and stays for the support of the masts.

STANDING UP. A ship in good trim, and well attended to, is said _to
stand well up to her canvas_.

STANDING WARRANTS. Those officers who remain with a ship in ordinary, or
on the stocks, as the gunner, carpenter, boatswain, and cook, and till
1814 the purser.

STANDING WATER. Water where there is no current or tide.

STAND IN SHORE, TO. To sail directly for the land.

STAND OF ARMS. A complete set for one man; now-a-days, simply a musket
and bayonet. Also, an arm-stand holding the muskets and cutlasses on the
quarter-deck--ornamental, and ready for salute or service.

STAND RIGHT UNDER! Jocularly, "Get out of the way."

STAND SQUARE, TO. To stand or be at right angles relatively to some
object.

STANGS. Poles put across a river. Also, eel-spears.

STANK. An old statute term for _staunch_ (which see).

STAPLE. _Merchants of the staple_ formerly meant those who exported the
staple wares of the country.

STAPLE-KNEES, OR STAPLE-LODGING KNEES. The same as _deck standard-knees_
(which see).

STAR, DOUBLE. _See_ DOUBLE-STAR.

STAR, TEMPORARY. _See_ TEMPORARY STARS.

STAR, VARIABLE. _See_ VARIABLE STARS.

STARBOARD. The opposite of _larboard_ or _port_; the distinguishing term
for the right side of a ship when looking forward [from the Anglo-Saxon
_steora-bord_].

STARBOARD THE HELM! So place the helm that the rudder is brought on the
port side of the stern-post. (_See_ HARD-A-STARBOARD.)

STARBOLINS. The old familiar term for the men of the starboard watch, as
larbolin was for the larboard or port watch.

STAR-FISHES. _See_ SEA-STAR.

STAR-FORTS. Those traced in the form of a star, with alternate salient
and re-entering angles. They are not in much favour, being expensive in
construction, of small interior space, and having much dead space in
their ditches.

STAR-GLINT. A meteorite.

STAR-PAGODA. A gold coin of the East Indies. In Madras its value is
7_s._ 6_d._

STARS, FIXED. Those innumerable bodies bespangling the heavens from pole
to pole, distinguishable from the planets by their apparent fixity; it
is, however, certain that many of them move through space at a rate
vastly