starboard (star'bord), side of a vessel on the right hand of one on board facing the bow.
staunch (stanch), stop the flow of.
stemson (stem'sun), a piece of curved timber bolted to the stem in a ship's frame.
sterile (ster'il), barren.
sterling (stur'ling), genuine.
stern (sturn), after end of a vessel.
sternsonknee (sturn'sun-ne), the continuation of a vessel's keelson to which the stern-post is secured by bolts.
stirrup (stir'up), a ring for supporting a horseman's foot.
stoic (sto'ik), one who appears to be indifferent to pleasure or pain.
Stony Point, a fort on the west bank of the Hudson, captured by the British in 1779 and retaken by the American forces under Anthony Wayne.