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Glossary Terms: S

Sable

Sacristy

Saddle quern

Sagger

Salient

Saltern

Saltire

SAM

Sash window

Saxon

Saxon shore fort

Scabbard

Sceatta

Scissor-braced roof

Scraper

Screens passage

Seal box

Seal impression

Seal matrix

Searchlight battery

Seax

Sedilia

Segreant

Sejant

Semaphore station

Semy

Sepulchre

Service wing

Sestertius

Sexfoil

Sham

SHARP

Shield

Shield boss

Short cross penny

Shrunken village

Sickle

Side scraper

Signal box

Signet ring

Siliqua

Sinister

Sinuous

Sixfoil

Skew arch

Skillet

Slag

Sleeve clasp

Slipped

Slit trench

Small-long brooch

Smock mill

SMR

Socketed axehead

Soffit

Soilmark

Solar

Soldino

Solidus

Spa

Spandrel

Spangle

Spigot mortar emplacement

Spindle whorl

Springer

Sprue

Spur

St Neots ware

Stack

Stack stand

STANTA

Starfish decoy

Statant

Stater

Steelyard

Steelyard weight

Stirrup

Stirrup mount

Stocks

Strap end

Strap fitting

Strapwork

Stretcher

Strigil

Strike a light

Stucco

Stud

Styca

Stylus

Sub-circular enclosure

Sub-rectangular enclosure

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