Part 448

SEDITION, in a military sense is to disobey orders; to cabal or form factions against the officer or officers in command; to loosen confidence; to resist or oppose orders, or to stir up mutiny. It is an offence in military law of the most fatal character and always punished in a most exemplary manner. See MUTINY.

SEER, Ind. A weight nearly equal to a pound.

SEESAR, Ind. the dewey season.

SEEARISH, Ind. A recommendation.

SEEPEEYA, Ind. A triangle to which culprits are tied to be punished.

SEFFY, Ind. A dynasty of Persia.

SEGBANS. Horsemen among the Turks, who have care of the baggage belonging to cavalry regiments.

SEGMENT, a figure contained between a chord and an arch of the circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by that chord.

SEJA, Ind. A fenced terrace.

SEILLURE, (Sillage, eau, bouage ou ouiache, Fr.) terms used among the French to express the way a ship makes: it corresponds with our naval word Wake, which is also called Eaux.

SEJOUR, Fr. In a military sense signifies a halting day. In a naval one, the time that a ship remains in port.

SCION, Fr. A sand-crack in a horse’s hoof.

SEIN, Fr. In the midst. The French say figuratively, porter la guerre dans le sein d’un royaume. To carry a war into the heart of a kingdom. Au sein de ses soldats. In the midst of his soldiers.

SEL, Fr. Salt. Before the revolution of 1789, the French troops were allowed a specific quantity of salt, which was regularly accounted for at the back of the muster-rolls.

SEL, Fr. The salt used in the artillery is lixivial, and of a fixed quality. It is extracted from saltpetre, and must be thoroughly washed, as no saltpetre can be good which has the least saline or greasy particle about it.

SELICTAR. A Turkish sabre.

To SELL, to give for a price; the word correlative to buy. Hence to buy and sell commissions.

SELLE, Fr. A saddle. See BOUTE-SELLE.

SELLE rase, Fr. A saddle without a bow.

SELLE à arcon, Fr. A bow-saddle.

SEMBLABLES, Fr. In geometry, similar, alike, equal. This term is applied to any two figures, the sides of one of which correspond with the sides of the other, and are always in the same ratio. So that semblable or alike, only means in this sense equal. Two circles, though unequal in their sizes, may still be alike; that is, their several parts may agree according to a certain ratio.

Les SEMELLES, Fr. The axle-trees belonging to the carriage of a gun.

SEMESTRE, Fr. This word literally signifies a term of six months; but it is generally understood to express any term of leave of absence which is granted to officers or soldiers. With respect to the latter, it means furlough.

SEMICIRCLE, part of a circle divided by the diameter.

SEMIDIAMETER, half of the line which divides a circle into two equal parts.

SEMIORDINATE, a line drawn at right angles to be bisected by the axis, and extending from one side of the section to the other.

SENAU, Fr. A small skiff or tender calculated for quick sailing.

SENECHALE, Fr. The seneschal’s wife or lady.