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Satin (?), n. [F. satin (cf. Pg. setim), fr. It. setino, from seta silk, L. saeta, seta, a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; or possibly ultimately of Chinese origin; cf. Chin. sz-tün, sz-twan. Cf. .] A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.
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Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue. Chaucer.
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Coloq. Denmark satin , a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes. -- Coloq. Farmer's satin . See under . -- Coloq. Satin bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bower bird. Called also satin grackle. -- Coloq. Satin flower (Bot.) See , 4. -- Coloq. Satin spar . (Min.) (a) A fine fibrous variety of calcite, having a pearly luster. (b) A similar variety of gypsum. -- Coloq. Satin sparrow (Zoöl.), the shining flycatcher (Myiagra nitida) of Tasmania and Australia. The upper surface of the male is rich blackish green with a metallic luster. -- Coloq. Satin stone , satin spar.
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Satinet (?), n. [F., fr. satin. See .] 1. A thin kind of satin.
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2. A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.
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Satinette (?), n. One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather.
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Satin weave. A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
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Satinwood (?), n. (Bot.) The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribæum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.
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Satiny (?), a. Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.
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Sation (?), n. [L. satio, fr. serere, satum, to sow.] A sowing or planting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Satire (?; in Eng. often �; 277), n. [L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See , , a., and cf. .] 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
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2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
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Syn. -- Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.
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{ Satiric (?), Satirical (?), } a. [L. satiricus: cf. F. satirique.] 1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.
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2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting. “Satirical rogue.” Shak.
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Syn. -- Cutting; caustic; poignant; sarcastic; ironical; bitter; reproachful; abusive.
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-- Satirically, adv. -- Satiricalness, n.
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Satirist (?), n. [Cf. F. satiriste.] One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.
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The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread terror through the Whig ranks. Macaulay.
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Satirize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satirized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Satirizing (?).] [Cf. F. satiriser.] To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
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It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. Swift.
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Satisfaction (?), n. [OE. satisfaccioun, F. satisfaction, fr. L. satisfactio, fr. satisfacere to satisfy. See .] 1. The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.
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The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires. Locke.
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2. Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.
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We shall make full satisfaction. Shak.
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3. That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
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Die he, or justice must; unless for him
Some other, able, and as willing, pay
The rigid satisfaction, death for death. Milton.
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Syn. -- Contentment; content; gratification; pleasure; recompense; compensation; amends; remuneration; indemnification; atonement.
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Satisfactive (?), a. Satisfactory. [Obs.]
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Satisfactive discernment of fish. Sir T. Browne.
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Satisfactory (?), a. [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.
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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.
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A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. Bp. Sanderson.
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-- Satisfactorily (#), adv. -- Satisfactoriness, n.
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Satisfiable, a. That may be satisfied.
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Satisfier (?), n. One who satisfies.
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Satisfy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satisfied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Satisfying (?).] [OF. satisfier; L. satis enough + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. F. satisfaire, L. satisfacere. See , a., and .] 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.
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Death shall . . . with us two
Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw. Milton.
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2. To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
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3. To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
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4. To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
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The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying. Atterbury.
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Syn. -- To satiate; sate; content; grafity; compensate. See .
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Satisfy (?), v. i. 1. To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
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2. To make payment or atonement; to atone. Milton.
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Satisfyingly (?), adv. So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.
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Sative (?), a. [L. sativus, fr. serere, satum, to sow.] Sown; propagated by seed. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Satle (?), v. t. & i. To settle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Satrap (? or ?; 277), n. [L. satrapes, Gr. �, fr. OPers. khshatrapāvan ruler: cf. F. satrape.] The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.
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Satrapal (? or ?), a. Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.
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Satrapess (? or ?), n. A female satrap.
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Satrapical (?), a. Satrapal. [R.]
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Satrapy (?; 277), n.; pl. Satrapies (#). [L. satrapia, satrapea, Gr. �: cf. F. satrapie.] The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality. Milton.
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Satsuma ware (? or ?). (Fine Arts) A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands.
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Saturable (?; 135), a. [L. saturabilis: cf. F. saturable.] Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation. -- Saturability (#), n.
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Saturant (?), a. [L. saturans, p. pr. See .] Impregnating to the full; saturating.
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Saturant, n. 1. (Chem.) A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.
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2. (Med.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
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Saturate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See .] 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
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Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. Macaulay.
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Fill and saturate each kind
With good according to its mind. Emerson.
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2. (Chem.) 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.
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Saturate (?), p. a. [L. saturatus, p. p.] Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
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Dries his feathers saturate with dew. Cowper.
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The sand beneath our feet is saturate
With blood of martyrs. Longfellow.
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Saturated (?), a. 1. Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
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2. (Chem.) 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.
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☞ A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange.
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Coloq. Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.
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Saturation (?), n. [L. saturatio: cf. F. saturation.] 1. The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
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2. (Chem.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
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3. (Optics) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
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☞ The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.
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Saturator (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, saturates.
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Saturday (?; 48), n. [OE. Saterday, AS. Sæterdæg, Sæterndæg, Sæternesdæg, literally, Saturn's day, fr. L. Saturnus Saturn + AS. dæg day; cf. L. dies Saturni.] The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
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Saturity (?), n. [L. saturitas, fr. satur full of food, sated.] The state of being saturated; fullness of supply. [Obs.] Warner.
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Saturn (?), n. [L. Saturnus, literally, the sower, fr. serere, satum, to sow. See .] 1. (Roman Myth.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Cœlus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kronos, later CHronos, Time.
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2. (Astron.) 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.
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3. (Alchem.) The metal lead. [Archaic]
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Saturnalia (?), n. pl. [L. See .] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
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2. Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
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Saturnalian (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.
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2. Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. “Saturnalian amusement.” Burke.
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Saturnian (?), a. [L. Saturnius.] 1. (Roman Myth.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.
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2. Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.
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Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times. Pope.
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3. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year.
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Saturnian, n. (Zoöl.) 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 .
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Saturnicentric (?), a. (Astron.) Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.
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Saturnine (?), a. [L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead (Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See .] 1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
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2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. Addison.
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3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. [Archaic]
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Coloq. Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.
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Saturnism (?), n. (Med.) Plumbism. Quain.
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Saturnist (?), n. A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. W. Browne.
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Satyr (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. �: cf. F. satyre.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.
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Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long. Milton.
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2. (Zoöl.) 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.
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3. (Zoöl.) The orang-outang.
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Satyriasis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �. See .] Immoderate venereal appetite in the male. Quain.
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{ Satyric (?), Satyrical (?), } a. [L. satyricus, Gr. satyrikos.] Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy. P. Cyc.
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Satyrion (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. satyrion.] (Bot.) Any one of several kinds of orchids. [Obs.]
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Sauba ant (?). (Zoöl.) A South American ant (Œcodoma 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.
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Sauce (?), n. [F., fr. OF. sausse, LL. salsa, properly, salt pickle, fr. L. salsus salted, salt, p. p. of salire to salt, fr. sal salt. See , and cf. , pickle, 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.
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High sauces and rich spices fetched from the Indies. Sir S. Baker.
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2. Any garden vegetables eaten with meat. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. Bartlett.
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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.
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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).
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4. Sauciness; impertinence. [Low.] Haliwell.
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Coloq. To serve one the same sauce , to retaliate in the same kind. [Vulgar]
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