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Sahlite

in mineralogy, a name formerly applied to a grayish-green variety of pyroxene from Sala; but now adopted by Dana and others for a group, viz., the lime-magnesia-iron pyroxene.

SAINT ward corner of a fore-and-aft sail. The earing is the upper corner of a square sail. A square sail is one that is extended by a yard hung (slung) by the middle and balanced. A sail set on a gaff, boom, or stay is called a fore-and-aft sail. Also, that part of the arm of a windmill which catches the wind.

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