Okay then the short answers to the four questions are:
Staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.
Jib A triangular staysail at the front of a ship. Any sail between the fore mast and the bowsprit.
Sheet is a rope used to control the setting of a sail in relation to the direction of the wind.
Sail I hope is obvious…
So, avast the skylarking
Mr. Green, take in the Royals, feral the mains. I‘ll have a double reef in the Gallants if you please. Boatswain call all hands and clear for action!
I‘m sure were in for it now!
For that which we are about to receive…

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