Sau"cy (?), a. [Compar. Saucier (?); superl. Sauciest.] [From Sauce.]
1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of
decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a
saucy fellow.
Am I not protector, saucy priest?
Shak.
2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a
saucy eye; saucy looks.
We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs.
Shak.
Syn. -- Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.
Sauer"kraut` (?), n. [G., fr. sauer sour + kraut herb, cabbage.]
Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own
juice with salt, -- a German dish.
Sauf (?), a. Safe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sauf, conj. & prep. Save; except. [Obs.] "Sauf I myself." Chaucer.
Sauf"ly, adv. Safely. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sau"ger (?), n. (Zoöl.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion
Canadense); -- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike,
sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.
{ Saugh, Sauh (?) }, obs. imp. sing. of See. Chaucer.
Sauks (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) Same as Sacs.