Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as,
labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
Sav"ing (sv"ng), 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.
None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off
for washing.
Neh. iv. 23.
And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he
that receiveth it.
Rev. ii. 17.
Sav"ing, n. 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which
is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.