| Right Shoulders forward. | - | |
| Left Shoulders forward. |
Two terms of command in the British service, when a column of march (in order to follow the windings of its route) changes its direction in general, less than the quarter of the circle. This is a clumsy translation of the line of science, or oblique facing of the French system; the proper word of command is half or quarter face to the right or left.
SHROF, Ind. A banker; a moneychanger, or one who keeps a shop for the accommodation of the public in pecuniary matters, and who derives considerable advantage from the circulating medium of other people’s property.
SHROFFING, Ind. The act of examining and sorting money.
SHUMSERTREEPUT, Ind. Avowal, acknowlegement, confession.
To SHUT. To close; to make not open.
SHUT pans. A word of command used in the inspection of arms. Place the inside of your fingers against the back part of the hammer, and bring it briskly to in one motion. In opening pans, you place the thumb against the inside of the hammer.
SHUTERNAUL, Ind. A sort of arquebuss, which is fixed upon the back of a camel.
SICK and hurt. A board so called, to which the agents, commissaries, &c. belonging to the several military hospitals in Great Britain, are responsible.
SIDE-pieces, of gun-carriages. See [Carriages.]