STAITH [Anglo-Saxon stæde]. An embankment on the river bank whence to load vessels. Also, a large wooden wharf, with a timber frame of either shoots or drops, according to circumstances.
STAKES. A [weir] (which see) for taking fish, as black-stakes, &c.
STAL-BOAT. A peculiar fishing-boat, mentioned in statute 27 Eliz. c. 21.
STALKERS. Certain fishing-nets mentioned in old statutes.
STAMMAREEN. The after or helmsman's seat in a Shetland fishing-boat.
STAMP AND GO! The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife or fiddle.
STANCH. See [Staunch].
STANCHIONS. Any fixed upright support. Also, those posts of wood or iron which, being placed pillar-wise, support the waist-trees and guns.
STANCHIONS of the Nettings. Slender bars of iron or wood, the lower ends of which are fixed in iron sockets at proper distances.
STAND, To. The movement by which a ship advances towards a certain object, or departs from it; as, "The enemy stands in shore;" "We saw three sail standing to the southward." "That ship has not a mast standing," implies that she has lost all her masts.