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SABINO, a province of the Popedom, including a part 
pf the territory of the ancient Sabines, and bounded by the 
duchy of Spoleto, and Neapolitan frontier, the Tiber, and 
the Teverone. The chief productions are oil and wine. The 
capital is Magliano. 
SABIO, a small town of Austrian Italy, in the Bresciano. 
It stands on the Chiesa, and gives name to a beautiful valley, 
surrounded with mountains, and abounding in rich pasturage; 
13 miles north-east of Brescia. 
SABIONCELLO, or Sabioneira, a peninsula of 
Austrian Dalmatia, which has the islands of Curzolo and 
Meleda on the south, and on the north the island of Lesina, 
from which it is separated by the part of the gulf of Venice 
palled the canal of Sabioncello, or the Stagno; 45 miles 
north-west of Ragusa. Lat. 43.15. N. long. 17. 40. E. 
SABIONETTA, a town of Austrian Italy, in the Mantuan, 
with a castle and upwards of 6000 inhabitants. It was for a 
time the capital of a principality of the same name, given in 
1806, by an imperial decree of Buonaparte, to his sister 
Paulina, and her husband, the Prince Borghese, Duke of 
Guastalla, who retained it till the French were driven out of 
Italy in 1814; 19 miles south-south-west of Mantua. Lat. 
44. 59. 47. N. long. 10. 30. 5. E. 
SABLANCEAUX, a fortress in the north-west of France, 
on the isle of Rhe, department of the Lower Charente; 15 
miles south-by-west of Saintes. 
SA'BLE, [z.ibella, Lat.] Fur .—Satie is worn of great 
personages, and brought out of Russia, being the fur of a 
little beast of that name, esteemed for the perfectness of the 
colour of the hairs, which are very black. Hence sable, in 
heraldry, signifies the black colour in gentlemen’s arms. 
Peacham , 
SA'BLE, ad]. [Fr.] Black. 
By this the drooping daylight gan to fade. 
And yield his room to sad succeeding night, 
Who with her sable mantle gan to shade 
The face of earth, and ways of living wight. Spenser, 
With him inthron’d 
Sat sable vested night, eldest of things, 
The consort of his reign. Milton. 
SABLE, a small town in the north-west of France, in 
the department of the Sarthe, situated at the junction of the 
rivers Sarthe and Erve. It has some manufactures of linen, 
flannel, and Serge; also a trade in gloves, and in the 
neighbourhood are quarries of marble. The town was 
formerly strongly fortified, and has still a fine castle. Popu¬ 
lation 3100 ; 40 miles south-west of Le Mans, and 27 south¬ 
east of Laval. Lat. 47. 51. N. long. 0. 15. W. 
SABLE, a river of the United States, in New York, 
which rises in Essex county, and runs north-east into Lake 
Champlain, forming for 20 miles the boundary between 
Clinton and Essex counties. Length 35 miles. Adgate’s 
Falls on this river, in Chesterfield, are a great curiosity. 
The whole descent is 80 feet, and the channel has walls on 
each side, one mile in length, and 100 feet high, and as 
regular as any work of art. There is a bridge across this 
channel, 196 feet above the water. 
SABLE, an island in the North Atlantic ocean. Here 
Monsieur de Lery intended to have settled a French colony, 
in the year 1598 ; but Father Charlevoix says, that there 
never was a place more unfit for such an undertaking, it 
being small, and without any port, or product, except 
briars. It is very narrow, and has the shape of a bow. In 
the middle of it is a lake, 15 miles in compass, and the 
island itself not more than 30. It has a sand-bank at each 
end, one of which runs north-east and south-west. It has 
lofty sand hills, which may be seen in clear weather 24 
miles off; 90 miles south-east of Cape Breton. Lat. 44. 15. N. 
long. 59. 50. W. 
SABLE, a river of Canada, which runs into St. John’s 
lake. Lat. 49. 38 N. long. 72. 34. W. 
SABLE, a river of America, which runs into Lake Erie. 
Lat. 42. 17. N. long. 83. W. 
SABLE, Cape, the south-westernmost point of the 
SAB 
province of Nova Scotia. Lat. 43. 24. N.. long- 65. 39. W 
Variation of the needle, in 1787, 12. 15. W. 
SABLE MOUNTAIN, a mountain of the United States, 
in Essex county. New York, between Jay, Chesterfield, 
Lewis, and Willsborough. 
SABLE POINT, on the west side of the island of New¬ 
foundland. Lat. 50. 24. N. long. 57. 35. W. 
SABLES, a river of North America, which runs into 
Lake Huron, near the St. Clair river. 
SABLES D’OLONNE, Les, a seaport in the west of 
France, situated on a peninsula, in the department of La 
Vendee. It is well built, has 5200 inhabitants, and a har¬ 
bour capable of admitting vessels of considerable size. The 
chief traffic of the town is in corn, cattle, and bay salt. It 
has an extensive fishery of pilchards, and sends a few 
ships annually to the cod fishery at Newfoundland; 45 miles 
south of Nantes. Lat. 46. 30. N. long. 1. 42. IV. 
SA'BLIERE, s. [Fr.] • A -sandpit. Bailey .—[In car¬ 
pentry.] A piece of timber as long, but not so thick, as a 
beam. Bailey. 
SABOE. See Seboo. 
SABOE, a town on the west coast of the island of Gilolo. 
Lat. 1. 6. N. long. 127. 21. E. 
SABOLCS, a palatinate in the east of Hungary, bounded 
on the west and north by the great river Theyss. It has a 
superficial extent of 2120 square miles, with 135,000 inha¬ 
bitants, exclusive of a district belonging to the Hey dukes. 
The palatinate of Sabolcs consists entirely of level ground ; 
part of it iscovered with sand, and another part with small lakes, 
of so little depth as to dry up in summer, when soda is found 
in the bottom, in the form of an efflorescence. The Theyss 
often overflows its banks, and causes great ravages; yet this 
district produces large quantities of corn, tobacco, fruit, and 
melons. The chief town is Nagy Kallo, and the inhabitants 
of the palatinate are almost all Calvinists. 
SABON, an island at the south entrance of the Straits of 
Malacca, of a triangular form, about 24 miles in circum¬ 
ference, separated from the island of Sumatra by a navigable 
channel, called the Straits of Sebon. Lat. 0. 42. N. long. 
103. 21. E. 
SABOR, a river in the north-west of Spain, which has 
its source in the province of Galicia, and falls into the Douro 
at Torre de Moncorvo, in Portugal. 
SABOT, s. [Fr., zapato, Span, a shoe.] . A sort of 
wooden shoe.—They wear large clumsy shoes, almost as bad 
as the French sabot. Swinburne's Trav. through Spain. 
SABOU, or Saivu, probably the same as Savo, an island 
in the Eastern seas, near Timor, 10 leagues in length, high 
towards the south. Most part is covered with forests, among 
which are many habitations interspersed ; and the numerous 
palm and cocoa trees come down to the water’s edge. 
S ABRACiE, a people of India, on this side of the Ganges. 
Quintus Curtius represents them as a very powerful repub¬ 
lican nation; and he reports, that they armed 60,000 foot 
and 6000 horse, to oppose the progress of Alexander the 
Great; but that as soon as they perceived the Macedonians, 
they took them for an army of gods, and immediately sub¬ 
mitted. 
SABRAO, an island in the Eastern seas, about 100 miles 
in circumference, separated from the east coast of the island 
of Flores by a narrow channel, called the strait of Flores. 
Lat. 8. 8. S. long. 123. 20. E. 
SABRE, s. [From the Germ, sabel ; Sclavonic, sablal] 
A curved sword. It is much used in the East. 
To SABRE, v. a. To cut with a sword. 
SABRE-WOUNDS. See Surgery. 
SABRES, a small town in the south-west §f France, in 
the department of the Landes. Population 1800; 18 miles 
north-north-east of Tartas. 
SABRIDGEWORTH, a parish of England, formerly a 
market town, in Hertfordshire; 12 miles east-byrnorth of 
Hertford. Population 1827. 
SABU GAL, a small town in the east of Portugal, near 
[lie Spanish frontier, in the province of Beira; 7 miles west- 
north-west of Alfayates. Population 1400. 
SABULAGH, 
