SABLE mouvant, a quick.sand, or shifting.sand.

BABORD, a gun.port in the ship's side; whence,

Fermer les SABORDS, to let fall, or shut in the port.lids.

Faux.SABORD, a false port painted on a ship's side, and corresponding with a wooden gun, both of which are calculated to deceive an enemy in time of war.

SABORDS pour le left, ballast.ports.

SACHETS de mitrailles, grape.shot, or partridge.shot.

SAFRAN de gouvernail, the after.piece of a rudder, used to augment it's breadth.

SAFRAN de l'étrave, an additional piece of timber fayed on the fore.part of the cut.water, to enlarge it immediately above the fore.foot, and enable the ship to hold the wind better.

SAILLE! rowse together! a manner of shouting amongst the sailors, as a signal to pull or heave all at once.

SAIN, clear, safe, or clean; as,

Côte.SAINE, a clean bottom, or clear coast, which has no rocks or sands near it.

SAINT aubinet. See Saint AUBINET.

SAlNTE.barbe, or chambre des canonniers, the gun.room of a vessel of war.

SAIQUE, a sort of Grecian or Turkish ketch.

SAISINE, a seising or lashing of any kind.

SAISINE de beaupré, or LIURE, the gammoning of the bowsprit. See LIURE.

SAISER, to seize or fasten any rope with a lashing, &c. See AMARRER.

SALE, foul; an epithet given to a coast full of dangerous rocks, or shallows, breakers, &c.

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