in the United States of America. 515 
of aladder. Grose gives it asa provincial word of the North of England, 
and .4s/ also calls it “ a local word.” The braces or rounds of common 
chairs are also called rungs. The word has generally been considered 
here as a mere corruption of rounds, and stein of education use only*this 
latter word. 
SABBATH. “On Sunday, or as it is ere {in New England] uniformly denom- 
inated on Saééath, I accompanied an entire family to church.” Kendall’s 
Trav. v.i. p. 115. 
To SAG ; to sink, or settle. An English friend has pointed out the use of this old 
word, as one of our peculiarities. It is in the dictionaries, but Sheridan and 
Walker say “ itisnotin use.” Itis used here in Johnson’s first signification 
of ¢o swag, that is, “ to sink down by its weight ;” and it has, I think, been 
generally considered as a mere Corespoee of that word. 
SALAD. See Raw Salad. 
SALT LICK. See Lick, 
SAMP; « maize broken coaraty boiled and mixed with milk, &c.’? Wedst. An 
Indian word. 
SAPPY ; “ full = sd jucys young, simple.” Webst. 
An. _ revie - Webster’s. dictionary, observes—* We 
never saw his “word ete yes ‘ased ir this 7 last seme." priditineas Anthol. 
vol. vii. p. 263.. Mr. Webster, however, in ad ti the 
word has only followed Z£ntick’s dictionary, of which his own is “ an enlarg- 
ment and improvement.”* The same signification of the word is also given 
in Perry’s and Dyche’s dictionaries, but I have not found it in any other. It 
‘is universally considered here as alow word, in this sense, and is not very 
often heard even in the most familiar language of conversation. 
SAT for SET. Ex. “Isat out yesterday morning, for I set out.” This is 
hot, as some have supposed, peculiar to this country. Lozw?s, in comment- 
ing on the use of these two verbs in English works, observes, that “ se¢ can 
* See Prefuce to Mr. Webster’s Dictionary, p. xix. 
