Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 16
Savoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Savor
Savor (v. i.) To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
Savor (v. i.) 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.
Savor (v. i.) To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. -- Chaucer.
Savor (v. t.) To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Savor (v. t.) 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.
Savor (v. t.) To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.] -- Shak.
Savor (n.) The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang].
Savor (v.) Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour].
Savor (v.) Have flavor; taste of something [syn: taste, savor, savour].
Savor (v.) Taste appreciatively; “savor the soup” [syn: savor, savour].
Savor (v.) Give taste to [syn: savor, savour].
Savorily (adv.) In a savory manner.
Savoriness (n.) The quality of being savory.
Savoriness (n.) Having an appetizing flavor [syn: flavorsomeness, flavoursomeness, savoriness].
Savorless (a.) Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.
Savorless (a.) Lacking taste or flavor or tang; “a bland diet”; “insipid hospital food”; “flavorless supermarket tomatoes”; “vapid beer”; “vapid tea” [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid].
Savorly (a.) Savory. [Obs.]
Savorly (adv.) In a savory manner. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Savorous (a.) Having a savor; savory. [Obs.] -- Rom. Of R.
Savory (a.) Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written also savoury.]
The chewing flocks Had ta’en their supper on the savory herb. -- Milton.
Savory (n.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory. [Written also savoury.].
Savory (a.) Morally wholesome or acceptable; "a past that was scarcely savory" [syn: savory, savoury] [ant: offensive, unsavory, unsavoury].
Savory (a.) Having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty].
Savory (a.) Pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: mouth-watering, savory, savoury].
Savory (n.) Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees.
Savory (n.) Dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions [syn: savory, Micromeria juliana].
Savory (n.) Either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family [syn: savory, savoury].
Savory (n.) An aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre [syn: savory, savoury].
Savoy (n.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.
Savoy (n.) A geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.
Savoy (n.) Head of soft crinkly leaves [syn: savoy cabbage, savoy].
Savoy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 4476
Housing Units (2000): 2099
Land area (2000): 1.543484 sq. miles (3.997605 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.015630 sq. miles (0.040481 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.559114 sq. miles (4.038086 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67860
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.063441 N, 88.252388 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61874
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Savoy, IL
Savoy
Savoy, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 850
Housing Units (2000): 350
Land area (2000): 0.722774 sq. miles (1.871975 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.722774 sq. miles (1.871975 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66008
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.601262 N, 96.363793 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75479
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Savoy, TX
Savoy
Savoyard (n.) A native or inhabitant of Savoy.
Savoyard (n.) A person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Savoyard (n.) A resident of Savoy.
Savvy, Savvey, (v. t. & i.) [Written also savey.] To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.] Savvy
Savvy, Savvey (n.) Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp; also, practical know-how; common sense. [Slang, U. S.] also adj. knowledgeable; well-informed; clever; canny; wise.
Savvy (n.) The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" [syn: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy].
Savvy (v.) Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend].
Saw () imp. of See.
Saw (n.) Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] "To hearken all his sawe." -- Chaucer.
Saw (n.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. -- Shak.
Saw (n.) Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.]
[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. -- Spenser.
Saw (n.) 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 Mariscus of Europe, and 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 (Zool.), The great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.]
Saw whetter (Zool.), 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.
Sawed (imp.) of Saw
Sawed (p. p.) of Saw
Sawn () of Saw
Sawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saw
Saw (v. t.) To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
Saw (v. t.) 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.
Saw (v. t.) Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
Saw (v. i.) To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
Saw (v. i.) To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
Saw (v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
See (v. t.) [imp. Saw (s[add]); p. p. Seen (s[=e]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Seeing.] To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
I will now turn aside, and see this great sight. -- Ex. iii. 3.
See (v. t.) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. -- Gen. xxxvii. 14.
Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. -- Mark xii. 34.
Who's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? -- Shak.
See (v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentively; to look after. -- Shak.
I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for contradicting him. -- Addison.
See (v. t.) To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death. -- 1 Sam. xv. 35.
See (v. t.) To fall in with; to meet or associate with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. -- Ps. xc. 15.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. -- John viii. 51.
Improvement in wisdom and prudence by seeing men. -- Locke.
See (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
See (v. t.) In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum.
"I'll see you and raise you ten."
God you see (or God him see or God me see, etc.), God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you.
To see (anything) out, To see (it) to the end; to be present at, work at, or attend, to the end.
To see stars, To see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.]
To see (one) through, To help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking.
Saw (n.) A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword].
Saw (n.) Hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting.
Saw (n.) A power tool for cutting wood [syn: power saw, saw, sawing machine].
Saw (v.) Cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace".
SAW (n.) A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.
A penny saved is a penny to squander.
A man is known by the company that he organizes.
A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.
A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.
Better late than before anybody has invited you.
Example
is better than following it.
Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else.
Think twice before you speak to a friend in need.
What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.
Least said is soonest disavowed.
He laughs best who laughs least.
Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it.
Of two evils choose to be the least.
Strike while your employer has a big contract.
Where there's a will there's a won't.
Sawarra nut () See Souari nut.
Souari nut (Bot.) The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree ({Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.]
Sawbelly (n.) The alewife. [Local, U.S.]
Compare: Goosander
Goosander (n.) (Zool.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.
Sawbill (n.) The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
Merganser (n.) (Zool.) Mergus+({Merganser">Any bird of the genus Mergus ({Merganser), and allied genera of the subfamily Merginae. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill, eat fish, and dive for food. Also called fish duck.
Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also sawbill, harle, and sheldrake. The American merganser ({Merganser Americanus.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus) are well-known species.
White merganser, The smew or white nun.
Sawbill (n.) Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges [syn: merganser, fish
duck, sawbill, sheldrake].
Sawbones (n.) 【口】外科醫生 A nickname for a surgeon.
Sawbones (n.) A physician who specializes in surgery [syn: surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones].
Sawbuck (n.) A sawhorse.
Sawbuck (n.) A ten-dollar bill; also, double sawbuck, a twenty-dollar bill.
Sawhorse (n.) 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.
Sawbuck (n.) A framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck].
Sawceflem (a.) See Sauseflem. [Obs.]
Sauseflem (a.). [OF. saus salt (L. salsus) + flemme phlegm.]
Having a red, pimpled face. [Obs.] [Written also sawceflem.] -- Chaucer.
Sawder (n.) A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
Soft sawder, Seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang]
Sawdust (n.) Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
Sawdust (n.) Fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
Sawer (n.) One who saws; a sawyer.
Sawfish (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Sawfish (n.) Primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout.
Sawfly (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. 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 larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
Sawfly (n.) Insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant.
Sawhorse (n.) 鋸木架 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.
Sawhorse (n.) A framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck].
Sawhorse (n.) 鋸木架 A saw-horse or sawhorse (saw-buck, trestle, buck) [1] is a beam with four legs used to support a board or plank for sawing. A pair of sawhorses can support a plank, forming a scaffold. [2] In certain circles, it is also known as a mule and a short sawhorse is known as a pony. [3] A sawhorse may also be a rack for supporting logs for sawing, known in the US as a sawbuck.
The sawhorse may be designed to fold for storage. A sawhorse with a wide top is particularly useful to support a board for sawing or as a field workbench, and is more useful as a single, but also more difficult to store.
A sawhorse can also be used as the base for a portable work table by placing a sheet of 19 mm (3⁄4 inch) plywood or even a door on top of two sawhorses. If the sawhorses are strong enough, the portable table can be used as a platform for tools like a table saw, although with caution if the top is not secured to the sawhorses.
Sawmill (n.) A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
Sawmill (n.) A large sawing machine.
Sawfish (n.) A mill for dressing logs and lumber [syn: lumbermill, sawmill].
Sawmill, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
Population (2000): 612
Housing Units (2000): 241
Land area (2000): 5.813286 sq. miles (15.056342 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.813286 sq. miles (15.056342 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64590
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 35.896635 N, 109.158709 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sawmill, AZ
Sawmill
Compare: Goosander
Goosander (n.) (Zool.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.
Sawneb (n.) A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
Saw palmetto () See under Palmetto.
Palmetto (n.) (Bot.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Cham[ae]rops Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.
Royal palmetto, The West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc.
Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub.
Saw palmetto (n.) Small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States [syn: saw palmetto, scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens].
Saw-set (n.) 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.
Sawtooth (n.) (Zool.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.
Sawtooth (n.) A serration on a saw blade.
Saw-toothed (a.) Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
Saw-toothed (a.) Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn: serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched].
Sawtry (n.) A psaltery. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Saw-whet (n.) (Zool.) A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
Saw-wort (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
Saw-set (n.) 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.
Saw-wrest (n.) See Saw-set.
Sawyer (n.) One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
Sawyer (n.) 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.]
Sawyer (n.) (Zool.) The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]
Sawyer (n.) One who is employed to saw wood.
Sawyer (n.) Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers [syn: sawyer, sawyer beetle].
Sawyer -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 16196
Housing Units (2000): 13722
Land area (2000): 1256.417899 sq. miles (3254.107281 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 93.902902 sq. miles (243.207390 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1350.320801 sq. miles (3497.314671 sq. km)
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.906531 N, 91.250598 W
Headwords:
Sawyer
Sawyer, WI
Sawyer County
Sawyer County, WI
Sawyer, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 377
Housing Units (2000): 162
Land area (2000): 0.481825 sq. miles (1.247920 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.481825 sq. miles (1.247920 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70980
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.088993 N, 101.052884 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58781
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Headwords:
Sawyer, ND
Sawyer
Sawyer, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 274
Housing Units (2000): 127
Land area (2000): 4.641141 sq. miles (12.020499 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.020917 sq. miles (0.054174 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.662058 sq. miles (12.074673 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65650
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.012880 N, 95.372138 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74756
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Headwords:
Sawyer, OK
Sawyer
Sawyer, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 124
Housing Units (2000): 76
Land area (2000): 0.134543 sq. miles (0.348466 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.134543 sq. miles (0.348466 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63275
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.498323 N, 98.683223 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67134
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sawyer, KS
Sawyer
Sax (n.) 石板瓦工用的鑿刀，石板斧 A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates. [Written also sax.]
Sax (n.) A Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894) [syn: Sax, Adolphe Sax].
Sax (n.) A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore [syn: sax, saxophone].
SAX (n.) Simple
API for XML (API, XML)
SAX, () SUSE Advanced X [configuration tool] (SUSE,
Linux)
Sax (n.) [ C ] (Informal for) 薩克管； 薩克斯風 Saxophone.
// Alto/ tenor sax.
// A sax player.
Saxatile (a.) Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.
Saxatile (a.) Growing on or living among rocks [syn: saxicolous, saxatile, saxicoline].
Saxhorn (n.) (Mus.) A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), Of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.
Saxhorn (n.) Any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves.
Saxicavas (n. pl. ) of Saxicava
Saxicavae (n. pl. ) of Saxicava
Saxicava (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Saxicavid (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the saxicavas. -- n. A saxicava.
Saxicavid (n.) A saxicava.
Saxicavous (a.) (Zool.) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.
Saxicoline (a.) (Zool.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.
Saxicoline (a.) Growing on or living among rocks [syn: saxicolous, saxatile, saxicoline].
Saxicolous (a.) (Bot.) Growing on rocks.
Saxicolous (a.) Growing on or living among rocks [syn: saxicolous, saxatile, saxicoline].
Saxifraga (n.) (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.
Saxifraga (n.) Type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage [syn: Saxifraga, genus Saxifraga].
Saxifragaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) 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.
Saxifragant (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [R.] -- n. That which breaks or destroys stones. [R.]
Saxifragant (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones. [R.]
Saxifrage (n.) (Bot.) 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-succulent herb ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the United States. See also under Golden.
Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under Meadow.
Saxifrage (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga [syn: saxifrage, breakstone, rockfoil].
Saxifragous (a.) Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.
German, (n.; pl.) Germans A native or one of the people of Germany.
German, (n.; pl.) Germans The German language.
German, (n.; pl.) Germans (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures.
German, (n.; pl.) Germans (b) A social party at which the german is danced.
High German, The Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature.
The dialects of Central Germany, The basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups.
Low German, The language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also Low German), spoken in many dialects.
Saxon (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.
Saxon (n.) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
Saxon (n.) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
Saxon (n.) 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.
Saxon (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
Saxon (a.) Anglo-Saxon.
Saxon (a.) 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.
Saxon (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language; "Saxon princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one".
Saxon (n.) A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest.
Saxon, SC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in South Carolina
Population (2000): 3707
Housing Units (2000): 1587
Land area (2000): 2.365909 sq. miles (6.127676 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.365909 sq. miles (6.127676 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64240
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.959621 N, 81.967066 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Saxonic (a.) Relating to the Saxons or Anglo-Saxons.
Saxonism (n.) An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language. -- T. Warton.
Saxonist (n.) One versed in the Saxon language.
Saxonite (n.) (Min.) See Mountain soap, under Mountain.
Saxophone (n.) (Mus.) 【音】薩克斯風，薩克斯管 A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.
Saxophone (n.) A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore [syn: {sax}, {saxophone}].
Saxophonist (n.) 薩克斯管吹奏者A musician who plays the saxophone [syn: {saxophonist}, {saxist}].
Sax-tuba (n.) (Mus.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
Say (imp.) Saw.
Say (n.) Trial by sample;
assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.]
If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. -- Hooker.
Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. -- Shak.
Say (n.) Tried quality;
temper; proof. [Obs.]
He found a sword of better say. -- Spenser.Say (n.) Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.]
To give a say at, To attempt. -- B. Jonson.
Say (v. t.) To try; to assay. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Say (n.) A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.]
Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! -- Shak.
Say (n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.]
His garment neither was of silk nor say. -- Spenser.
Said (imp. & p. p.) of Say
Saying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Say
Say (v. t.) 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.
Say (v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? -- Shak.
After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. -- Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Say (v. t.) 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.
Say (v. t.) 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.