Steerage. That part of the between-decks which is just forward of the cabin.
Steeve. A bowsprit steeves more or less, according as it is raised more or less from the horizontal.
The steeve is the angle it makes with the horizon. Also, a long, heavy spar, with a place to fit a block at one end, and used in stowing certain kinds of cargo, which need be driven in close.
Stem. (See Plate 3.) A piece of timber reaching from the forward end of the keel, to which it is scarfed, up to the bowsprit, and to which the two sides of the vessel are united.
Stemson. A piece of compass-timber, fixed on the after part of the apron inside. The lower end is scarfed into the keelson, and receives the scarf of the stem, through which it is bolted.
Step. A block of wood secured to the keel, into which the heel of the mast is placed.
To step a mast, is to put it in its step.
Stern. (See Plate 3.) The after end of a vessel. (See By the stern.)
Stern-board. The motion of a vessel when going stern foremost.
Stern-frame. The frame composed of the stern-post transom and the fashion-pieces.