_Routine_, a round, or course of engagements, business, pleasure, &c. To _Run_ a seam, to lay the two edges of a seam together, and pass the threaded needle out and in, with small stitches, a few threads below the edge, and on a line with it. To _Run_ a stocking, to pass a thread of yarn, with a needle, straight along each row of the stocking, as far as is desired, taking up one loop and missing two or three, until the row is completed, so as to double the thickness at the part which is run. _Sabbatical year_, every seventh year, among the Jews, which was a year of rest for the land, when it was to be left without culture. In this year, all debts were to be remitted, and slaves set at liberty. See Exodus xxi. 2, xxiii. 10, Leviticus xxv. 2, 3, &c., Deuteronomy xv. 12, and other similar passages. _Sal aeratus_, see _Pearlash_. _Sal ammoniac_, a salt, called also muriate of ammonia, which derives its name from a district in Libya, Egypt, where there was a temple of Jupiter Ammon, and where this salt was found. _Scotch Highlanders_, inhabitants of the Highlands of Scotland. _Selvedge_, the edge of cloth, a border. Improperly written _selvage_. _Service-book_, a book prescribing the order of public services in a church or congregation. _Sharps_, see _Blunts_. _Shorts_, the coarser part of wheat bran. _Shrubbery_, a plantation of shrubs. _Siberia_, a large country in the extreme northern part of Asia, having the Frozen Ocean on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east, and forming a part of the Russian empire. The northern part is extremely cold, almost uncultivated, and contains but few inhabitants. It furnishes fine skins, and some of the most valuable furs in the world. It also contains rich mines of iron and copper, and several kinds of precious stones. _Sinclair, Sir John_, of whom it was said, "There is no greater name in the annals of agriculture, than his," was born in Caithness, Scotland, May 10, 1754, and became a member of the British Parliament in 1780. He was strongly opposed to the measures of the British Government towards America, which produced the American Revolution. He was author of many valuable publications, on various subjects. He died December 21, 1835. _Sirloin_, the loin of beef. The appellation 'Sir' is the title of a knight, or baronet; and has been added to the word 'loin,' when applied to beef, because a King of England, in a freak of good humor, once conferred the honor of knighthood upon a loin of beef. _Slack_, to loosen, to relax, to deprive of cohesion. _Soda_, an alkali, usually obtained from the ashes of marine plants. To _Spade_, to throw out earth with a spade. _Spermaceti_, an oily substance, found in the head of a species of whale, called the spermaceti whale. _Spindling_, see page 124. _Spinous process_, a process or bony protuberance, resembling a spine or thorn, whence it derives its name.