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pAtux, under the colours; sows les auspices,under the auspices; itre en sous-ordre ,to be under orders.
Sous bande , Fr. an iron plate which isfixed upon a mortar carriage where thetrunnions are laid.
Sovs-basse?nent, Fr. pattern of a pillar;bases of a bed; socket.
Sovs-brigadier, Fr. sub-brigadier.
Sous-c/^mm, Fr. a rafter belonging toa dome, or to the roof of a dome.
Sous^/cafe, in carpentry, a long pieceof timber, from six to seven inches thick,which is laid under the ridge of a house,and is parallel to it; commonly calledunder roof timber.
Sous -garde, Fr. throat-band of a gun.
Sous-gorge, Fr. throat-band of abridle.
Sovs-gueule, Fr. a bridle.
Sous -lieutenance, Fr. under-lieutenant’splace or appointment.
Sous -lieutenant, Fr. sub-lieutenant..
Sous -secretaire, Fr. under-secretary.
Sous-7 lentriere, Fr. under-girth.
SOUSSIGNE, Fr. underwritten.
XcSoussigne, Fi\ the undersigned.
SOUSSIGNER, Fr. to undereign.
SOUSTRAIRE, Fr. to withdraw; totake away.
La SOUTE, Fr. the powder or bread-room on board ship.
SOUTENEUR, TV. in a bad sense, abully; a bravo; one who attempts tocarry things, by noise and menaces, inopposition to truth and reason.
Souteneur, Fr. a supporter; anabettor.
SOUTENIR, Fr. to maintain; assoulenir le combat; to maintain the fight.
Soutenjr le feu de Vennemi , Fr. tostand the enemy’s fire.
Squiexir le siege , Fr. to hold out in abesieged place.
Soutenir. This word is also used inthe French drill, and signifies to supportor balance the body on the right or leftfoot, according to the given direction.The point upon which the heel turns, iscalled the pivot, (le pivot.)
SOUTERRAINS, Fr. subterraneouspassages, lodgments, &c. that are bomb-proof.
There are several lodgments of thisdescription in the different fortified placesupon the continent. The most remark-able are those at Landau, an ancient andstrong town of Lower Alsace , in France ;New Brisach, a town of Alsace , inFrance , not far from Brisac, the ancient
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capital of Brisgaw, in Germany , andFiguieros, The latter belongs to Spain ,and is so skilfully and so solidly con-structed, that the horses of several regi-ments may be quartered in them.
SOUTHWARK, a dependency of thecity of London . All musters of soldierstaken or made in the borough of South-wark, must be in the presence of twojustices. See Mutiny Act, Sect. 21.
SOUTIEN, Fr. a prop; a support:any -work in fortification, which props orsupports another.
SOUVERAIN, Fr. sovereign. Theperson in whom sovereignty is vested.
SOUVERAINETE , Fr. sovereignty;supremacy; highest place; supremepower.
SOW, in ancient military history, akind of covered shed, fixed on wheels,under which the besiegers filled up andpassed the ditch, sapped or mined thewall, and sometimes worked a kind ofram. It had its name from its beingused for rooting up the earth like a swine,or because the soldiers therein were like'pigs under a sow.
SOWER, Ind. a horseman.
SOWGUND, hid. an oath.
SPADASS1N, Fr. in familiar lan-guage, a bully. It also signifies a cut-throat ; a fellow who is regardless of hieown life, and attempts that of another,for the slightest offence or contradiction.
SPADE , (becke, Fr.) an instrumentfor digging. See Intrenching Tools,Mining, S,c.
SPADROON, a sword much lighterthan a broad sword, and made both tocut and thrust.
Si’adiioon Guard, a guard sometimesused with the cut and thrust sword, andalso with the broadsword. It consistsin dropping the point towards the rightfrom the outside guard, till it comesunder your adversary’s blade, the edge,being upwards, and your wrist at thesame time raised.
SPADI, an upper garment made ofblue cloth, which is worn by the Jani zaries , in the same manner that we weara loose great coat, or surtout.
SPAUILAR-AGASI, Fr. colonel-ge-neral of the Spahis. He has the samecommand or authority over them whichis vested in the Aga, who is head of theJanizaries .
SPAHIS, a corps of Turkish cavalry,which is kept in pay by the Grand Signor.The Spahis do not possess any lands as