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S . A bent iron, called a crooked catch, or pot-hook, in anchors, &c.
SABANDER . The familiar of _shah-bander_, an eastern title for captain or governor of a port.
SABATINES . Steel coverings for the feet; sometimes slippers or clogs.
SABRE . A sword with a broad and rather heavy blade, thick at the back, and curved towards the point, intended for cutting more than for thrusting.
SABRETACHE . A flat leathern case or pocket suspended at the left side of a cavalry officer's sword-belt.
SACCADE . The sudden jerk of the sails in light winds and a heavy swell.
SACCOLEVA, OR SACOLEGE . A Levantine small craft of great sheer, carrying a sail with an enormous sprit, so called.
SACK, TO [from the Anglo-Saxon _sæc_] . To pillage a place which has been taken by storm.
SACKS OF COALS . The seaman's name for the black _Magellanic clouds_, or patches of deep blue sky in the milky-way near the south pole.
SADDLE HILL . A high land visible from the coast, having a centre less elevated than its ends, somewhat like a riding-saddle.
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