SALMON. The well-known fish, Salmo salar. It is partly oceanic and partly fluviatile, ascending rivers in the breeding season.
SALMON-LADDER. A short trough placed suitably in any fall where the water is tolerably deep, leaving a narrow trough at intervals for the fish to pass through, with barriers to break the force of the water.
SALOON. A name for the main cabin of a steamer or passenger ship.
SALT, or Old Salt. A weather-beaten sailor. One of the old seamen who not only have known but have felt what war was.
SALT-BOX. A case for keeping a temporary supply of cartridges for the immediate use of the great guns; it is under the charge of the cabin-door sentry.
SALT-EEL. A rope's-end cut from the piece for starting the homo delinquens.
SALT-JUNK. Navy salt beef. (See [Junk].)
SALTPETRE. The neutral salt; also called [nitre] (which see).
SALT-PITS. Reservoirs to contain sea-water for the purpose of making salt.
SALUTE. A discharge of cannon or small arms, display of flags, or cheering of men, in deference, by the ships of one nation to those of another, or by ships of the same nation to a superior or an equal. Also, the proper compliment paid by troops, on similar occasions, whether with the sword, musket, or hand.