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t!>e cases, if the sea will admit of theirbeing taken out of the wrecked vessel.In a storm the boat is dismantled, androwed by 14 men, who are all fastenedto their seats. As the sea breaks intothe boat, it immediately runs out at herstern ports. It is impossible to sinkher. She has fourteen life-lines, theends of which float with cork, by whichmen that are washed off the wreck mayhold, before they can he taken into theboat. She brings before the wind, ornearly so, upwards of one hundred menat a time from the wreck. She is asmanageable with sails as any otherboat of her size. The rudder is on anew principle. She has fourteen grap-hs for a wreck, a room ten feet wide,water tight, with copper ventrilators.—The whole of her construction is entire-ly new.

SEARCHER ,an instrument used bythe founders to discover any flaws in thebore of cannon, &e. See Proof.

To SEASON, (Acclimater, Fr.) In amilitary sense, to accustom, to enure.Soldiers are frequently sent to Gibraltar m order to be seasoned for a hot cli-mate.

Seasoned Troops, troops that havebeen accustomed to climate, and are notso liable to become the victims of anyendeuncal disorder, as raw men mustunavoidably, be. The French use theword acclimater, to get accustomed toa change of climate. Hence troupes ac-r - tmutees, troops that have been sea-lonea.

SEAT of War, the country in whichwsr is carrying on.

SECANT, (secante, Fr.) a line which

cuts mother, or divides it into twoparts.

StCAitT of an arch, in trigonometry,

nfV • ^ ne t * KVWU from the centerhe circle to the extremity of the tan-

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8 e to be terminated by a base that isPwpendicular to one of the sides, and• i. ' e smallest side of the angle fct™ for _ the radius or whole sinus, thewill i est .°f the two sides of that angle

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order ( sccon d, Fr.) the next in

The n ° t * e rf: '\ The ordinal of twoThe v! Xt \ n d'Sfhy, place, or stationeucli use the word second > in mi-

litary matters, somewhat different fromthe English , viz.

Compagnie en Second, Fr. this lite-rally means second company, but ac-cording to the old French regulations itsignifies a company which consists ofhalf the number of men, that other com-panies are composed of. This was how-ever, applied to the cavalry only.

Capitaine cn Second on rejorme enpied, or Lieutenant en Second, ditto, Fr.are officers whose companies have beenreduced, but who do duty in others, andarc destined to fill up the first vacancies.We have borrowed the expression, andsay, To be seconded.

When an officer is seconded, he re-mains upon full pay, his rank goes on,and he may purchase the next vacantstep, without being obliged to memorialin the manner that a half-pay officermust. Should the latter have taken aditference, he will find much difficulty-in getting upon full pay, and he canonly avail himself of his standing in thearmy when the last object is accom-plished. So that a seconded officer standsin a more favourable light. He is be-sides likely to be appointed to the va-cant commission of the regiment inwhich he is seconded.

Prendre pour son Second, Fr. to takefor a second.

Les Seconds de cite et d’autre sesont tu'es, Fr. both the seconds were kill-ed, or the seconds on each side killed oneanother. It was very usual among theFrench for the seconds to muke com-mon cause with their principals, and tofight upon the decease of the former.—'The practice is out of date.

To Second, (seconder, Fr.) to aid orassist, to support.

Second covert-way, that beyond thesecond ditch. See Fortification .

Second ditch, that made on the out-side of the glacis, when the ground islow, and there is plenty of water. SeeFortification .

Second Flanc,Tr. See Flank obliquein Fortification .

Lc Second, Fr. the second beat ofthe drum, when troops are to move.—See la Gen'crule.

SECONDE , Fr. A thrust in fen-cing, which is delivered at the outsideof the body beneath the arm, with thenails downward.

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