Sa*van"na (?), n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F.
savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth
usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, --
but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]
Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.
Dampier.
Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing
apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. -- Savanna sparrow (Zoöl.), an
American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of
which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the
Eastern United States. -- Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West
Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum.
||Sa`vant" (?), n.; pl. Savants (F. &?;; E. &?;). [F., fr. savoir to
||know, L. sapere. See Sage, a.] A man of learning; one versed in
||literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
Save (?), n. [See Sage the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Save (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.] [OE.
saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr.
salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the
safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind;
to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
God save all this fair company.
Chaucer.
He cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Matt. xiv. 30.
Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss.
Milton.
2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to
rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into
a state of spiritual life.
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.