saucer, sauser

[Fr. saucière, from Low Lat. salsarium.] I. Ordinary Language : *1. A small pan or ve el in which sauce was set on a table. 2. A shallow piece of china or other ware in which a tea-cup or coffee-cup is set. II. Technically : 1. Hydr. Eng .: A flat cai on or camel which, being sunk and placed beneath a ve el, is then pumped out, so as to raise the ve el. 2. Naut .: An iron bed bolted to the deck below that on which the capstan works, for the purpose of securing the pivot of the capstan. sauch, s. [SAUGH.] sâu-çi-lý, adv . [Eng. saucy; -ly.] In a saucy manner; impudently; pertly; with saucy language. sâu-çi-ne , s. [Eng.saucy; -ne .] The quality or state of being saucy; impudence, impertinent boldne . sâu-çi e', sâu-çis-son, subst. [ Fr.sauci e =a sausage (q. v.).] Fortification: 1. A powder-hose for communicating fire to a charge in military mining. It consists of a long pipe or bag made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, and extends from the chamber of a mine to the entrance of the gallery. The powder is generally placed in a wooden pipe to preserve it from damp. 2. A long, stout bundle of faggots, larger than a fascine. They are commonly used to cover men, to make epaulements, traverses, or breastworks in ditches full of water, to render the way firm for carriages.