To sag to leeward (Naut.), to make much leeway by reason of the wind,
sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of a vessel. Totten.
Sag, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Sag, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Sa"ga (s"g), n.; pl. Sagas (-gz). [Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See
Say, and cf. Saw.] A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic
tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European
popular historical or religious tale of olden time.
And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days of old.
Longfellow.
Sa*ga"cious (?), a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive
quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]
1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a
trail.
Sagacious of his quarry from so far.
Milton.
2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and
judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage;
wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.
Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our
apprehension.
Dr. H. More.
Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them
into general propositions.
Locke.
Syn. -- See Shrewd.
-- Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. -- Sa*ga"cious*ness, n.
Sa*gac"i*ty (?), n. [L. sagacitas. See Sagacious.] The quality of being
sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of
discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell.
Cowper.
Natural sagacity improved by generous education.