516 Mr. Pickering on the present state of the English language 
be no part of the verb ¢o sit ;” (see his Grammar, Irreg. Verbs) and Dr. 
Witherspoon classes the example above given, among his “ Vulgarisms of 
4ingiand and America.” Druid, 0. 6. I do not, however, recollect seeing 
eat ever used for set in any English publications of the present day, not even 
in the newspapers ; and in America this error is much less common now 
than it formerly was ; for though itis still heard in conversation, it is not of- 
ten to be met with in writing.* 
SAUCE. A gezeral termamong the country people of New England for all the 
common esculent vegetables. Hence those farmers, who supply the mark- 
ets with vegetables, are sometimes called by their brethren, sauce-market- 
ers. The term sauce is sometimes used “ more strangely” (to adopt the 
words of an English friend) to signify impertinence. 
In some parts of England (as the same friend informs me) the term 
garden-stuff is used as a general name for vegetables, and Ash accordingly 
has that term ; the other English lexicographers have garden-ware. 
SCOW ; “a large flat-bottomed boat.” Webst. 
In some parts of the United: States it is called a ee (which see.) 
The word scaw, a snower American writer, is properly an American 
word, eaade fro a 2 em 1 boat, which is us- 
¥ aPunly"he inericn. afd a reer as” a pood a Pwore's as the track schuyts of the 
Dutch. »Port Folio, New Series, vol. vii. p. 328.+ 
SEA-BORD or SEA-BOARD; «towards the sea.” Bailey. 
This nautical term is often heard in conversation, and is sometimes used 
in writing. Ido not find it in any of the English dictionaries except Bailey's, 
Ash's, and Mason’s Supplement to Johnson: and it is doubtless out of use 
ron —— except among sea-faring people. There is some difference of 
ici” Thi gross inaccuracy bean not E capaped the ridicule of our own writers. The fol- 
lowing | agraph ig ) appeared a few years ago in a periodical pub- 
lication : 
“Why do so many persons write “ Saz out in a coach.” or “ sat out on foot. 
SAT Versum.” 
tT Mr. Webster’s definition agrees best with the scows or gondolas of the Worthern 
States, which are strong built, heavy boats, about 30 feet long and 12 feet wide. 
