SOUFFLES les canons, to scale the great guns; or cleanse them by blowing a little powder from them.

SOULIE, the bed of a ship, or the impression made by her bottom on the mud, after having lain aground during the ebb tide.

SOULIER, the shoe of an anchor.

SOUN, or TSOUN, a large flat.bottomed ship navigated on the rivers of China.

SOUQUE! hang, or swing upon! a phrase used by the common sailors, whilst they are pulling downward on any rope or tackle.

SOURCE du vent, the point of the compass in which the wind sits.

SOURDRE, to rise up, or brew; expressed of a cloud or squall issuing from the horizon towards the zenith.

SOURDRE au vent, to hold a good wind; to claw or eat to windward.

SOUS.ARGOUSIN, an officer in the gallies, who assists the argousin in his duty. See ARGOUSIN.

SOUS.BARBE. See SOU.BARBE.

SOUS.BAREES, short props or shores, placed under the stem, while the ship remains on the stocks.

Sous BARQUE, the upper streak of a lighter, or the streak which lies close under the gunnel.

Sous COMITE, an officer in the gallies, who assists and relieves the COMITE. See that article.

SOUS FRÉTER, to under.freight a ship, or hire her out to a second person, after having

having contract for her freight with the proprietor.

SOUTE, a store.room in the orlop of a ship, of which there are several ; as, SOUTE au biscuit, the bread.room.

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