dy of the
officers of the customs as a security for the same.

SALVAGE LOSS. A term in marine insurance implying that the underwriters
are liable to pay the amount insured on the property lost in the ship,
but taking credit for what is saved.

SALVAGER. One employed on the sea-coast to look to the rights of
salvage, wreck, or waif.

SALVO. A discharge from several pieces simultaneously, as a salute.

SALVOR. The person claiming and receiving salvage for having saved a
ship and cargo, or any part thereof, from impending peril, or recovered
after actual loss.

SAMAKEEN. A Turkish coasting trader.

SAMBUCCO. A pinnace common among the Arabs on the east coast of Africa,
as at Mombaze, Melinda, &c. The name is remarkable, as Athenaeus
describes the musical instrument _sambuca_ as resembling a ship with a
ladder placed over it.

SAMPAAN, OR SAMPAN. A neatly-adjusted kind of hatch-boat, used by the
Chinese for passengers, and also as a dwelling for Tartar families, with
a comfortable cabin.

SAMPHIRE. _Crithmum maritimum_, a plant found on sea-shores and salt
marshes, which forms an excellent anti-scorbutic pickle.

SAMS-CHOO. A Chinese spirit distilled from rice; it is fiery, fetid, and
very injurious to European health.

SAMSON'S POST. A movable pillar which rests on its upper shoulder
against a beam, with the lower tenons into the deck, and standing at an
angle of 15 deg. forward. To this post, at 4 feet above the deck, a
leading or snatch-block is hooked, and any fore-and-aft purchase is led
by it across the deck to one similar, so that, from the starboard bow to
the starboard aft Samson-post, across to the port-post and forward, the
whole crew can apply their force for catting and fishing the anchor, or
hoisting in or out boats; top-tackle falls, &c., are usually so treated.

SANDAL. A long narrow Barbary boat, of from 15 to 50 tons; open, and
fitted with two masts.

SAND-BAGS. Small square cushions made of canvas and painted, for boats'
ballast. Also, bags containing about a cubical foot of earth or sand,
used for raising a parapet in haste, and making temporary loop-holes for
musketry; also, to repair any part beaten down or damaged by the enemy's
fire.

SAND AND CORAL BANK. An accumulation of sand and fragments of coral
above the surface of the sea, without any vegetation; when it becomes
verdant it is called a _key_ (which see).

SAND-DRIFTS. Hillocks of shifting sands, as on the deserts of Sahara,