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Saving (sāvĭng), prep. or conj.; but properly a participle. With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. “Saving your reverence.” Shak. “Saving your presence.” Burns.
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None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. Neh. iv. 23.
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And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. Rev. ii. 17.
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Saving, n. 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
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2. Exception; reservation.
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Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. L'Estrange.
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Coloq. Savings bank , a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.
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Savingly, adv. 1. In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.
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2. So as to be finally saved from eternal death.
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Savingly born of water and the Spirit. Waterland.
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Savingness, n. 1. The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
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2. Tendency to promote salvation. Johnson.
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Savior (sāvyẽr), n. [OE. saveour, OF. salveor, F. sauveur, fr. L. salvator, fr. salvare to save. See , v.] [Written also saviour.] 1. One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.
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2. Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.
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Savioress, n. A female savior. [Written also saviouress.] [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Savor (?), n. [OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour, F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See , a., and cf. , , .] [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.
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I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak.
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2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
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Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit? Baxter.
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3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.] “Beyond my savor.” Herbert.
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4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.]
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She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer.
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Syn. -- Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
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Savor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.] [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See , n.] [Written also savour.] 1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
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2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
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This savors not much of distraction. Shak.
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I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison.
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3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
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By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer.
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Savor, v. t. 1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [R.]
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That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.
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3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.] Shak.
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Savorily (?), adv. In a savory manner.
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Savoriness, n. The quality of being savory.
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Savorless, a. Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.
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Savorly, a. Savory. [Obs.]
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Savorly, adv. In a savory manner. [Obs.] Barrow.
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Savorous (-ŭs), a. [Cf. F. savoureux, OF. saveros, L. saporosus. Cf. , and see , n.] Having a savor; savory. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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Savory (-�), a. [From .] Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written also savoury.]
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The chewing flocks
Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton.
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Savory (sāv�r�), n. [F. savorée; cf. It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia,] (Bot.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory. [Written also savoury.]
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Savoy (?), n. [F. chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy.] (Bot.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.
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Savoyard (?), n. [F.] A native or inhabitant of Savoy.
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{ Savvy, Savvey } (?), v. t. & i. [Written also savey.] [Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know?] To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.]
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{ 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.
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Saw (s�), imp. of .
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Saw, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See , v. t. and cf. .]
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1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] “To hearken all his sawe.” Chaucer.
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2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
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His champions are the prophets and apostles,
His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. Shak.
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3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.]
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[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. Spenser.
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Saw, n. [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. , , , .] 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.
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☞ Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound.
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Coloq. Band saw , Coloq. Crosscut saw , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Circular saw , a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. -- Coloq. Saw bench , a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. -- Coloq. Saw file , a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. -- Coloq. Saw frame , the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. -- Coloq. Saw gate , a saw frame. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. 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 . -- Coloq. Saw log , a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. -- Coloq. Saw mandrel , a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. -- Coloq. Saw pit , a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. Mortimer. -- Coloq. Saw sharpener (Zoöl.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Coloq. Saw whetter (Zoöl.), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Coloq. 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.
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Saw (?), 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.
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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.
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3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
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Saw, v. i. 1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
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2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
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3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
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Sawarra nut (?). See .
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Sawbelly (?), n. The alewife. [Local, U.S.]
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Sawbill (?), n. The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sawbones (?), n. A nickname for a surgeon.
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Sawbuck (?), n. 1. A sawhorse.
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2. [Colloq., from the Roman X for ten, like the support of a sawbuck.] a ten-dollar bill; also, Coloq. double sawbuck , a twenty-dollar bill.
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Sawceflem (?), a. See . [Obs.]
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Sawder (?), n. A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of .
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Coloq. Soft sawder , seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang]
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Sawdust (?), n. Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
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Sawer (?), n. One who saws; a sawyer.
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Sawfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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.
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Sawfly (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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.
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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.
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Sawmill (?), n. A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
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Sawneb (?), n. A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
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Saw palmetto. See under .
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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.
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Sawtooth (?), n. (Zoöl.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.
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Saw-toothed (?), a. Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
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Sawtry (?), n. A psaltery. [Obs.] Dryden.
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Saw-whet (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
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Saw-wort (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
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Saw-wrest (?), n. See .
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Sawyer (?), n. [Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. .] 1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
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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.]
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3. (Zoöl.) The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]
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Sax (?), n. [AS. seax a knife.] A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
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Saxatile (?), a. [L. saxatilis, fr. saxum a rock: cf. F. saxatile.] Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.
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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.
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Saxicava (?), n.; pl. E. saxicavas (#), L. Saxicavæ (#). [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) 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.
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Saxicavid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the saxicavas. -- n. A saxicava.
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Saxicavous (?), a. [L. saxum rock + cavare to make hollow, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave.] (Zoöl.) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of .
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Saxicoline (?), a. [L. saxum a rock + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.
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Saxicolous (?), a. [See .] (Bot.) Growing on rocks.
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Saxifraga (?), n. [L., saxifrage. See .] (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See .
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Saxifragaceous (?), a. (Bot.) 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.
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Saxifragant (?), a. [See .] Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [R.] -- n. That which breaks or destroys stones. [R.]
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Saxifrage (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. See , and cf. , .] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
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Coloq. Burnet saxifrage , a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga). -- Coloq. Golden saxifrage , a low half-succulent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, C. Americanum, common in the United States. See also under . -- Coloq. Meadow saxifrage , or Coloq. Pepper saxifrage . See under .
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Saxifragous (?), a. [L. saxifragus: cf. F. saxifrage. See .] Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.
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Saxon (săksŭn or -'n), n. [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. .] 1. (a) 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. (b) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon. (c) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
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2. The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
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Coloq. 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.
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Saxon, a. Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. (b) Anglo-Saxon. (c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
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Coloq. Saxon blue (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C. -- Coloq. Saxon green (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.
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Saxonic (?), a. Relating to the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons.
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Saxonism (?), n. An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language. T. Warton.
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Saxonist, n. One versed in the Saxon language.
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Saxonite (?), n. (Min.) See Mountain soap, under .
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Saxony (?), n. [So named after the kingdom of Saxony, reputed to produce fine wool.] 1. A kind of glossy woolen cloth formerly much used.
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2. Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.
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Saxony yarn. A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn.
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Saxophone (?), n. [A.A.J. Sax, the inventor (see ) + Gr. � tone.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.
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Sax-tuba (?), n. [See , and .] (Mus.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
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