||Sat`y*ri"a*sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;. See Satyr.] Immoderate
||venereal appetite in the male. Quain.
{ Sa*tyr"ic (?), Sa*tyr"ic*al (?) }, a. [L. satyricus, Gr. satyriko`s.]
Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy. P. Cyc.
||Sa*tyr"i*on (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. saty`rion.] (Bot.) Any one of
||several kinds of orchids. [Obs.]
Sau"ba 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.
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
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).