Defn: Satisfactory. [Obs.]Satisfactive discernment of fish. Sir T. Browne.
SATISFACTORYSat`is*fac"to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. satisfactoire.]
1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.
2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology. A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorius death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. Bp. Sanderson. — Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ty, adv. — Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.
SATISFIABLESat"is*fi`a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be satisfied.
SATISFIERSat"is*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who satisfies.
SATISFYSat"is*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satisfied; p. pr. & vb. n.Satisfying.] Etym: [OF. satisfier; L. satis enough + -ficare (incomp.) to make; cf. F. satisfaire, L. satisfacere. See Sad, a., andFact.]
1. In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for. Death shall . . . with us two Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw. Milton.
2. To pay to the extent of chaims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
3. To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requitte; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
4. To free from doubrt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry. The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying. Atterbury.
Syn.— To satiate; sate; content; grafity; compensate. See Satiate.
SATISFYSat"is*fy, v. i.
1. To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desire.
2. To make payment or atonement; to atone. Milton.
SATISFYINGLYSat"is*fy`ing*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.
SATIVESa"tive, a. Etym: [L. sativus, fr. serere, satum, to sow.]
Defn: Sown; propagated by seed. [Obs.] Evelyn.
SATLESa"tle, v. t. & i.
Defn: To settle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SATRAP Sa"trap ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [L. satrapes, Gr. khsatrapavan ruler: cf. F. satrape.]
Defn: The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.
SATRAPALSa"trap*al ( or ), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.
SATRAPESSSa"trap*ess ( or ), n.
Defn: A female satrap.
SATRAPICALSa*trap"ic`al, a.
Defn: Satrapal. [R.]
SATRAPY Sa"trap*y, n.; pl. Satrapies. Etym: [L. satrapia, satrapea, Gr. satrapie.]
Defn: The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.Milton.
SATSUMA WARESat"su*ma ware" ( or ). (Fine Arts)
Defn: A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma inKiushu, one of the Japanese islands.
SATURABLESat"u*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. saturabilis: cf. F. saturable.]
Defn: Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation.— Sat`u*ra*bil"i*ty, n.
SATURANTSat"u*rant, a. Etym: [L. saturans, p. pr. See Saturate.]
Defn: Impregnating to the full; saturating.
SATURANTSat"u*rant, n.
1. (Chem.)
Defn: A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.
2. (Med.)
Defn: An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
SATURATESat"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n.Saturating.] Etym: [L. saturatus, p.p. of saturate to saturate, fr.satur full of food, sated. See Satire.]
1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herbs covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. Emerson.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
SATURATESat"u*rate, p. a. Etym: [L. saturatus, p. p.]
Defn: Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.Dries his feathers saturate with dew. Cowper.The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs.Longfellow.
SATURATEDSat"u*ra`ted, a.
1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; - - said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.
Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange. Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.
SATURATIONSat`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. saturatio: cf. F. saturation.]
1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
3. (Optics)
Defn: Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; — said of colors.
Note: The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.
SATURATOR sat"u*ra`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, saturates.
SATURDAYSat"ur*day (; 48), n. Etym: [OE. Saterday, AS. Sæterdæg, Sæterndæg,Sæternesdæg, literally, Saturn's day, fr. L. Saturnus Saturn + AS.dæg day; cf. L. dies Saturni.]
Defn: The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
SATURITYSa*tu"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. saturitas, fr. satur full of food, sated.]
Defn: The state of being saturated; fullness of supply. [Obs.]Warner.
SATURN Sa"turn, n. Etym: [L. Saturnus, literally, the saower, fr. serere, satum, to sow. See Season.]
1. (Roman Myth.)
Defn: One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), anf the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
3. (Alchem.)
Defn: The metal lead. [Archaic]
SATURNALIASat`ur*na"li*a, n. pl. Etym: [L. See Saturn.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
2. Hence: A period or occasion of general licemse, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
SATURNALIANSat`ur*na"li*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.
2. Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. "Saturnalian amusement." Burke.
SATURNIANSa*tur"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Saturnius.]
1. (Roman Myth.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.
2. Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment. Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times. Pope.
3. (Astron.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year. Saturnian verse (Pros.), a meter employed by early Roman satirists, consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: —Thê queen | wâs isn | thê kistch | ên eatîng | bread ând | honêy.
SATURNIANSa*tur"ni*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The Luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.
SATURNICENTRICSat`urn*i*cen"tric, a. (Astron.)
Defn: Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.
SATURNINESat"ur*nine, a. Etym: [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planetSaturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead (Saturn, in oldchemistry, meaning lead),saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See Saturn.]
1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; — the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. Addison.
3. (Old Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic] Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.
SATURNISMSat"ur*nism, n. (Med.)
Defn: Plumbum. Quain.
SATURNISTSat"ur*nist, n.
Defn: A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. W. browne.
SATYRSa"tyr, n. Etym: [L. satyrus, Gr. satyre.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness. Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, From the glad sound would not be absent long. Milton.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidæ. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The orangoutang.
SATYRIASISSat`y*ri"a*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Satyr.]
Defn: Immoderate venereal appetite in the male. Quain.
SATYRIC; SATYRICALSa*tyr"ic, Sa*tyr"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. satyricus, Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy. P.Cyc.
SATYRIONSa*tyr"i*on, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Any one of several kinds of orchids. [Obs.]
SAUBA ANTSau"ba ant`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American ant (Ecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.
SAUCE Sauce, n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. sausse, LL. salsa, properly, salt pickle, fr. L. salsus salted, salt, p.p. of salire to salt, fr. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Saucer, Souse pickle, Souse to plunge.]
1. A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc. "Poignant sauce." Chaucer. High sauces and rich spices fetched from the Indies. Sir S. Baker.
2. Any garden vegetables eaten with meat. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. Bartlett. Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers . . . they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt. Beverly.
3. Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc. [U.S.] "Stewed apple sauce." Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book).
4. Sauciness; impertinence. [Low.] Haliwell. To serve one the same sauce, to retaliate in the same kind. [Vulgar]
SAUCE Sauce, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. saucer.] [imp. & p. p. Sauced (; p. pr. & vb. n. Saucing (.]
1. To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.
2. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to. [R.] Earth, yield me roots; Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate With thy most operant poison! Shak.
3. To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings. Sir P. Sidney.
4. To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or sancy to. [Colloq. or Low] I'll sauce her with bitter words. Shak.
SAUCESauce, n. Etym: [F.] (Fine Art)
Defn: A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
SAUCE-ALONESauce"-a*lone`, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
Defn: Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
SAUCEBOXSauce"box`, n. Etym: [See Sauce, and Saucy.]
Defn: A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan, And prate not here! A.Brewer.
SAUCEPANSauce"pan`, n.
Defn: A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
SAUCERSau"cer, n. Etym: [F. saucière, from sauce. see Sauce.]
1. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
3. Something resembling a saucer in shape. Specifically: (a) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships. (b) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan. Flying saucer, a type of Unidentified Flying Object, having a biconvex discoid shape; such objects are occasionally reported to have been sighted, but no example of one has been reliably shown to exist. They are believed by ufologists to originate in outer space, but they are generally presumed to be misinterpretations of ordinary phenomena, illusions or imaginary objects. Fraudulent photographs purporting to show flying saucers are published from time to time.
SAUCILYSau"ci*ly, adv.
Defn: In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.Addison.
SAUCINESSSau"ci*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence. Your sauciness will jest upon my love. Shak.
Syn.— Impudence; impertinence; rudeness; insolence. see Impudence.
SAUCISSON; SAUCISSESau`cis`son", Sau`cisse", n. Etym: [F., fr. saucisse sausage. SeeSausage.]
1. (Mining or Gun.)
Defn: A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
2. (Fort.)
Defn: A fascine of more than ordinary length.
SAUCYSau"cy, a. [Compar. Saucier; superl. Sauciest.] Etym: [From Sauce.]
1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow. Am I not protector, saucy priest Shak.
2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks. We then have done you bold and sausy wrongs. Shak.
Syn.— Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.
SAUERKRAUTSauer"kraut`, n. Etym: [G., fr. sauer sour + kraut herb, cabbage.]
Defn: Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, — a German dish.
SAUFSauf, a.
Defn: Safe. [Obs.] haucer.
SAUFSauf, conj. & prep.
Defn: Save; except. [Obs.] "Sauf I myself." Chaucer.
SAUFLYSauf"ly, adv.
Defn: Safely. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SAUGERSau"ger, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); — called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.
SAUGH; SAUHSaugh, Sauh, obs.
Defn: imp. sing. of See. Chaucer.
SAUKSSauks, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Same as Sacs.
SAULSaul, n.
Defn: Soul. [Obs.]
SAULSaul, n.
Defn: Same as Sal, the tree.
SAULIESau"lie, n.
Defn: A hired mourner at a funeral. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
SAULTSault, n. Etym: [OF., F. saut, fr. L. saltus See Salt a leap.]
Defn: A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie. [U.S.]Bartlett.
SAUNDERSSaun"ders, n.
Defn: See Sandress.
SAUNDERS-BLUE Saun"ders-blue`, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. F. cendres bleues blue ashes.]
Defn: A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper. [Written also sanders-blue.]
SAUNTERSaun"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sauntered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sauntering.]Etym: [Written also santer.] Etym: [Probably fr. F. s'aventurer toadventure (one's self), through a shortened form s'auntrer. SeeAdventure, n. & v.]
Defn: To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter. One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream. Masson.
Syn.— To loiter; linger; stroll; wander.
SAUNTERSaun"ter, n.
Defn: A sauntering, or a sauntering place.That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town. Young.
SAUNTERERSaun"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who saunters.
SAUR Saur, n. Etym: [Contracted from Gael. salachar filth, nastiness, fr. salach nasty, fr. sal filth, refuse.]
Defn: Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse. [Prov. Eng.]
SAURELSau"rel, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackarel.
SAURIASau"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.
SAURIANSau"ri*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.— n.
Defn: One of the Sauria.
SAURIOIDSau"ri*oid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Sauroid.
SAUROBATRACHIASau"ro*ba*tra"chi*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Sauria, and Batrachia.](Zoöl.)
Defn: The Urodela.
SAUROGNATHOUSSau*rog"na*thous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers. (Pici).
SAUROID Sau"roid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid: cf. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) Like or pertaining to the saurians. (b) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.
SAUROIDICHNITESau`roid*ich"nite, n. Etym: [See Sauroid, and Ichnite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: The fossil track of a saurian.
SAUROPODASau*rop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the Largest Known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and alied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
SAUROPSIDASau*rop"si*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.
SAUROPTERYGIASau*rop`te*ryg"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: Same as Plesiosauria.
SAURURAESau*ru"ræ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archæopteryx is the type. See Archæopteryx, and Odontornithes.
SAURYSau"ry, n.; pl. Sauries. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A slender marine fish (Scombresox saurus) of Europe andAmerica. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish,gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, andEgypt herring.
SAUSAGE Sau"sage (; 48), n. Etym: [F. saucisse, LL. salcitia, salcicia, fr. salsa. See Sauce.]
1. An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.
2. A saucisson. See Saucisson. Wilhelm.
SAUSEFLEMSau"se*flem, a. Etym: [OF. saus salt (L. salsus) + flemme phlegm.]
Defn: Having a red, pimpled face. [Obs.] [Written also sawceflem.]Chaucer.
SAUSSURITESaus"sur*ite, n. Etym: [F. So called from M. Saussure.] (Min.)
Defn: A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.
SAUT; SAUTESaut, Saute, n.
Defn: An assault. [Obs.]
SAUTESau`te",
Defn: p. p. of Sauter. C. Owen.
SAUTERSau`ter", v. t. Etym: [F., properly, to jump.]
Defn: To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning ot tossing it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat.
SAUTERSau"ter, n.
Defn: Psalter. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
SAUTERELLESau`te*relle, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
SAUTERNESau`terne", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A white wine made in the district of sauterne, France.
SAUTRIESau"trie, n.
Defn: Psaltery. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SAUVEGARDESau`ve*garde", n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The monitor.
SAVABLESav"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Save. Cf. Salvable.]
Defn: capable of, or admitting of, being saved. In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition of being in a savable condition. Jer. Taylor.
SAVABLENESSSav"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Capability of being saved.
SAVACIOUNSa*va"ci*oun`, n.
Defn: Salvation. [Obs.]
SAVAGESav"age (; 48), a. Etym: [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticusbelonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf.Sylvatic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden.
3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity E. D. Griffin.
4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
Syn. — Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See Ferocious.
SAVAGESav"age, n.
1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught; uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
SAVAGESav"age (; 48), v. t.
Defn: To make savage. [R.]Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South
SAVAGELYSav"age*ly, adv.
Defn: In a savage manner.
SAVAGENESSSav"age*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being savage.Wolves and bears, they say, Casting their savageness aside have doneLike offices of pity. Shak.
SAVAGERYSav"age*ry, n. Etym: [F. sauvagerie.]
1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley.
2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.
SAVAGISMSav"a*gism, n.
Defn: The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.
SAVANILLASav`a*nil"la, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tarpum. [Local, U.S.]
SAVANNA Sa*van"na, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.]
Defn: A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, — as grass or reeds, — but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.] Savannahs are clear pieces land without woods. Dampier. Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. — Savanna sparrow (Zoöl.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. — Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum.
SAVANT Sa`vant", n.; pl. Savants (F. . Etym: [F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See Sage, a.]
Defn: A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
SAVESave, n. Etym: [See Sage the herb.]
Defn: The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SAVE Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.] Etym: [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. God save all this fair company. Chaucer. He cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt. xiv. 30. Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. Milton.
2. (Theol.)
Defn: Specifically, to deliver from and its penalty; to rescue from astate of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state ofspiritual life.Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15.
3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. Now save a nation, and now save a groat. Pope.
4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done. Shak.
5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. Will you not speak to save a lady's blush Dryden.
6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. Swift. To save appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.
Syn.— To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.
SAVESave, v. i.
Defn: To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste;to be economical.Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. Bacon.
SAVE Save, prep. or conj. Etym: [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.]
Defn: Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting;reserving; saving.Five times received I forty stripes save one. 2 Cor. xi. 24.
Syn.— See Except.
SAVESave, conj.
Defn: Except; unless.
SAVEABLESave"a*ble, a.
Defn: See Savable.
SAVE-ALLSave"-all`, n. Etym: [Save + all.]
Defn: Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss. Specifically: (a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned. (b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. Totten. (c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.
SAVELOYSav"e*loy, n. Etym: [F. cervelas, It. cervellata, fr. cervello brain,L. cerebellum, dim. of cerebrum brain. See Cerebral.]
Defn: A kind of dried sausage. McElrath.
SAVELYSave"ly, adv.
Defn: Safely. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SAVEMENTSave"ment, n.
Defn: The act of saving. [Obs.]
SAVERSav"er, n.
Defn: One who saves.
SAVIN; SAVINE Sav"in, Sav"ine, n. Etym: [OE. saveine, AS. safinæ, savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. Sabine.] [Written also sabine.] (Bot.) (a) A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc. (b) The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.)
SAVINGSav"ing, a.
Defn: 1. Preserving; rescuing.He is the saving strength of his anointed. Ps. xxviii. 8.
2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
3. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.
4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
Note: saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
SAVINGSav"ing, prep. or conj.; but properly a participle.
Defn: With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. "Saving your reverence." Shak. "Saving your presence." Burns. None of us put off clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. Neh. iv. 23. And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. Rev. ii. 17.
SAVINGSav"ing, n.
1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
2. Exception; reservation. Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. L'Estrange. Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.
SAVINGLYSav"ing*ly, adv.
1. In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.
2. So as to be finally saved from eternal death. Savingly born of water and the Spirit. Waterland.
SAVINGNESSSav"ing*ness, n.
1. The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
2. Tendency to promote salvation. Johnson.
SAVIOR Sav"ior, n. Etym: [OE. saveour, OF. salveor, F. sauveur, fr. L. salvator to save. See Save, v.] [Written also saviour.]
1. One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.
2. Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.
SAVIORESSSav"ior*ess, n.
Defn: A female savior. [Written also saviouress.] [R.] Bp. Hall.
SAVOR Sa"vor, n. Etym: [OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour, F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See Sage, a., and cf. Sapid, Insipid, Sapor.] [Written also savour.]
1. That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor. I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak.
2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like. Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit Baxter.
3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.] "Beyond my savor." Herbert.
4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.] She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer.
Syn.— Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
SAVORSa"vor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored; p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.] Etym:[Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See Savor, n.] [Written also savour.]
1. To have a particular smell or taste; — with of.
2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; — with of. This savors not much of distraction. Shak. I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison.
3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.] By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer.
SAVORSa"vor, v. t.
1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [R.] That cuts us off from hope, and savors only Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.
3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.] Shak.
SAVORILYSa"vor*i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a savory manner.
SAVORINESSSa"vor*i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being savory.
SAVORLESSSa"vor*less, a.
Defn: Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.
SAVORLYSa"vor*ly, a.
Defn: Savory. [Obs.]
SAVORLYSa"vor*ly, adv.
Defn: In a savory manner. [Obs.] Barrow.
SAVOROUSSa"vor*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. savoureux, OF. saveros, L. saporosus.Cf. Saporous, and see Savor, n.]
Defn: Having a savor; savory. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
SAVORYSa"vor*y, a. Etym: [From Savor.]
Defn: Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written alsosavoury.]The chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton.
SAVORY; SAVOURY Sa"vo*ry, n. Etym: [F. savorée; cf. It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia,] (Bot.)
Defn: An aromatic labiate plant (Satireia hortensis), much used in cooking; — also called summer savory. [Written also savoury.]
SAVOYSa*voy", n. Etym: [F. chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy.] (Bot.)
Defn: A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, — much cultivated for winter use.
SAVOYARDSav`oy*ard", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Savoy.
SAVVY; SAVVEY Sav"vy, Sav"vey, v. t. & i. [Written also savey.] [Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know]
Defn: To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.]
SAVVY; SAVVEYSav"vy, Sav"vey, n.
Defn: Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp. [Slang, U.S.]
SAWSaw,
Defn: imp. of See.
SAW Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See Say, v. t. and cf. Saga.]
1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] "To hearken all his sawe." Chaucer.
2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim. His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. Shak.
3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.] [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. Spenser.
SAW Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. säge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, sw. såg, Icel. sög, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge.]
Defn: An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See under Band, Crosscut, etc. — Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. — Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. — Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. — Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. — Saw gate, a saw frame. — Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth, of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. — Saw grass (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the Cladium effusum of the Southern United States. Cf. Razor grass, under Razor. — Saw log, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. — Saw mandrel, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. — Saw pit, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. Mortimer. — Saw sharpener (Zoöl.), the great titmouse; — so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] — Saw whetter (Zoöl.), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); — so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] — Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge, stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power.
SAWSaw, v. t. [imp. Sawed; p. p. Sawed or Sawn (; p. pr. & vb. n.Sawing.]
1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
2. To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
SAWSaw, v. i.
1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
SAWARRA NUTSa*war"ra nut`.
Defn: See Souari nut.
SAWBELLYSaw"bel`ly, n.
Defn: The alewife. [Local, U.S.]
SAWBILLSaw"bill`, n.
Defn: The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
SAWBONESSaw"bones`, n.
Defn: A nickname for a surgeon.
SAWBUCKSaw"buck`, n.
Defn: A sawhorse.
SAWCEFLEMSAw"ce*flem, a.
Defn: See Sauseflem. [Obs.]
SAWDERSaw"der, n.
Defn: A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder. Soft sawder, seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang]
SAWDUSTSaw"dust`, n.
Defn: Dust or small fragments of wood 9or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
SAWERSaw"er`, n.
Defn: One who saws; a sawyer.
SAWFISHSaw"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.
SAWFLYSaw"fly`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidæ. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvæ resemble those of Lepidoptera.
SAWHORSESaw"horse`, n.
Defn: A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; — called also buck, and sawbuck.
SAWMILLSaw"mill`, n.
Defn: A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
SAWNEBSaw"neb`, n.
Defn: A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
SAW PALMETTOSaw" pal*met"to.
Defn: See under Palmetto.
SAW-SETSaw"-set`, n.
Defn: An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; — called also saw-wrest.
SAWTOOTHSaw"tooth`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; — called also crabeating seal.
SAW-TOOTHEDSaw"-toothed", a.
Defn: Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
SAWTRYSaw"try, n.
Defn: A psaltery. [Obs.] Dryden.
SAW-WHET saw"-whet`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; — called also Acadian owl.
SAW-WORTSaw"-wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; — so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
SAW-WRESTSaw"-wrest`, n.
Defn: See Saw-set.
SAWYERSaw"yer, n. Etym: [Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer.]
1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
2. A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current. [U.S.]
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]
SAXSax, n. Etym: [AS. seax a knife.]
Defn: A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
SAXATILE Sax"a*tile, a. Etym: [L. saxatilis, fr. saxum a rock: cf. F. saxalite.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.
SAXHORNSax"horn`, n. (Mus.)
Defn: A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.
SAXICAVASax`i*ca"va, n.; pl. E. saxicavas, L. Saxicavæ. Etym: [NL. SeeSaxicavous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.
SAXICAVIDSax`i*ca"vid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the saxicavas.— n.
Defn: A saxicava.
SAXICAVOUS Sax`i*ca"vous, a. Etym: [L. saxum rock + cavare to make hollow, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; — said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.
SAXICOLINESax*ic"o*line, a. Etym: [L. saxum a rock + colere to inhabit.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.
SAXICOLOUSSax*ic"o*lous, a. Etym: [See Saxicoline.] (Bot.)
Defn: Growing on rocks.
SAXIFRAGASax*if"ra*ga, n. Etym: [L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.
SAXIFRAGACEOUSSax`i*fra*ga"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceæ) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.
SAXIFRAGANTSax*if"ra*gant, a. Etym: [See Saxifrage.]
Defn: Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [R.] — n.
Defn: That which breaks or destroys stones. [R.]
SAXIFRAGESax"i*frage (; 48), n. Etym: [L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. SeeFracture, and cf. Sassafras, Saxon.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga). — Golden saxifrage, a low half-sacculent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, C. Americanum, common in the United States. See also under Golden. — Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under Meadow.
SAXIFRAGOUSSax*if"ra*gous, a. Etym: [L. saxifragus: cf. F. saxifrage. SeeSaxifrage.]
Defn: Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.
SAXON Sax"on, n. Etym: [l. Saxo, pl. Saxones, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr. seax a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG. sahs, and perhaps to L. saxum rock, stone, knives being originally made of stone); and cf. G. Sachse, pl. Sachsen. Cf. Saxifrage.]
1. (a) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the nothern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries. (b) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon. (c) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
2. The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon. old Saxon, the saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the "Heliand", a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.
SAXONSax"on, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. (b) Anglo-Saxon. (c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. Saxon blue (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C. — Saxon green (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.
SAXONICSax*on"ic, a.
Defn: relating to the saxons or Anglo-Saxons.
SAXONISMSax"on*ism, n.
Defn: An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language. T. Warton.
SAXONISTSax"on*ist, n.
Defn: One versed in the Saxon language.
SAXONITESax"on*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: See Mountain soap, under Mountain.
SAXONY Sax"o*ny, n. [So named after the kingdom of Saxony, reputed to produce fine wool.]
1. A kind of glossy woolen cloth formerly much used.
2. Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.
SAXONY YARNSaxony yarn.
Defn: A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn.
SAXOPHONESax"o*phone, n. Etym: [A.A.J. Sax, the inventor (see Saxhorn) + Gr.(Mus.)
Defn: A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.
SAX-TUBASax"-tu`ba, n. Etym: [See Saxhorn, and Tube.] (Mus.)
Defn: A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
SAYSay, obs. imp. of See.
Defn: Saw. Chaucer.
SAYSay, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of assay.]
1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] if those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and saus, as if were, of that final benefit. Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. Shak.
2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] he found a sword of better say. Spenser.
3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson.
SAYSay, v. t.
Defn: To try; to assay. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
SAY Say, n. Etym: [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. Sagum.]
1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! Shak.
2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] His garment neither was of silk nor say. Spenser.
SAY Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said, contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Saying.] Etym: [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. säga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece teil, relate, Gr. Saga, Saw a saying.]
1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. Arise, and say how thou camest here. Shak.
2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say alesson.Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to sayShak.After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. Bk. of Com.Prayer.
3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. But what it is, hard is to say. Milton.
4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; — in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble Shak. It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. — That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.
SAYSay, v. i.
Defn: To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. Shak.To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us tohear a husband divulge his household privacies Milton.
SAYSay, n. Etym: [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.]
Defn: A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. Sir W. Scott.
SAYERSay"er, n.
Defn: One who says; an utterer.Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings.Jeffrey.
SAYETTESa*yette", n. Etym: [F. Cf. Say a kind of serge.]
Defn: A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.
SAYINGSay"ing, n.
Defn: That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enrolled. Milton.
Syn. — Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw; proverb; byword.
SAYMANSay"man, n. Etym: [Say sample + man.]
Defn: One who assays. [Obs.]
SAYMASTERSay"mas`ter, n.
Defn: A master of assay; one who tries or proves. [Obs.] "Great saymaster of state." D. Jonson.
SAYNDSaynd,
Defn: obs. p. p. of Senge, to singe. Chaucer.
'SBLOOD'Sblood, interj.
Defn: An abbreviation of God's blood; — used as an oath. [Obs.]Shak.
SCAB Scab, n. Etym: [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. scæb, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, tr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See Shave, and cf. Shab, Shabby.]
1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]
3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. Chaucer.
4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
5. (Founding)
Defn: A slight iregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] Shak.
7. A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike. [Cant]
SCABScab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
Defn: To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
SCABBARDScab"bard, n. Etym: [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf.Icel. skalpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
Defn: The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. Scabbard fish (Zoöl.), a long, compressed, silver-colored tænioid fish (Lepidopus caudatus, or argyreus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.