To SUPPLY. To makeup deficiencies. To aid; to assist; to relieve with something wanted. To fill any room made vacant. Thus, covering serjeants supply the places of officers when they step out of the ranks, or are killed in action.
To SUPPORT. To aid, to assist; it likewise signifies to preserve untarnished, viz. To support the ancient character of the corps.
Well Supported. Well aided, well assisted. It likewise signifies well kept up, as a well supported fire from the batteries; a well supported fire of musquetry.
SURAPAN, Ind. An honorary dress, which is given to an inferior by a superior.
SURAT Haal, Ind. A state or representation of the case.
SURCINGLE. A girth with which the saddle or any other burden is bound upon a horse.
SURFACE, in fortification, is that part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion: the double of this line with the curtain is equal to the exterior side.
SURGEON, (Chirurgien, Fr.) A staff officer, who is chief of the medical department in each regiment or hospital, &c.
Surgeon-general. The first or senior surgeon of an army.
Particular instructions to the regimental surgeons of the line in the British service.