SAIKLESS. Same as SACKLESS.
SAIL, s[=a]l, _n._ a sheet of canvas, &c., spread to catch the wind, by
which a ship is driven forward: a ship or ships: a trip in a vessel: a
fleet: arm of a windmill: speed: a journey.--_v.i._ to be moved by sails:
to go by water: to begin a voyage: to glide or float smoothly
along.--_v.t._ to navigate: to pass in a ship: to fly through.--_adj._
SAIL'ABLE, navigable.--_n._ SAIL'-BOAT, a boat propelled by a
sail.--_adjs._ SAIL'-BORNE; SAIL'-BROAD (_Milt._), broad or spreading like
a sail.--_n._ SAIL'-CLOTH, a strong cloth for sails.--_adj._ SAILED, having
sails set.--_ns._ SAIL'ER, a sailor: a boat or ship with respect to its
mode of sailing, or its speed; SAIL'-FISH, the basking shark: the
quill-back; SAIL'-FLUKE, the whiff; SAIL'-HOOP, a mast-hoop; SAIL'ING, act
of sailing: motion of a vessel on water: act of directing a ship's course:
the term applied to the different ways in which the path of a ship at sea,
and the variations of its geographical position, are represented on paper,
as _great circle sailing_, _Mercator's sailing_, _middle latitude sailing_,
_oblique sailing_, _parallel sailing_, _plane sailing_; SAIL'ING-ICE, an
ice-pack through which a sailing-vessel can force her way.--_n.pl._
SAIL'ING-INSTRUC'TIONS, written directions by the officer of a convoy to
the masters of ships under his care.--_n._ SAIL'ING-MAS'TER, a former name
for the navigating officer of a war-ship.--_adj._ SAIL'LESS, destitute of
sails.--_ns._ SAIL'-LIZ'ARD, a large lizard having a crested tail;
SAIL'-LOFT, a loft where sails are cut out and made; SAIL'-M[=A]K'ER, a
maker of sails: in the United States navy, an officer who takes charge of
the sails; SAIL'OR, one who sails in or navigates a ship: a seaman;
SAIL'OR-FISH, a sword-fish; SAIL'OR-MAN, a seaman; SAIL'OR-PLANT, the
strawberry geranium; SAIL'OR'S-CHOICE, the pin-fish: the pig-fish;
SAIL'OR'S-PURSE, an egg-pouch of rays and sharks; SAIL'-ROOM, a room in a
vessel where sails are stowed.--_adj._ SAIL'Y, like a sail.--_n._
SAIL'-YARD, the yard on which sails are extended.--_n.pl._ STAY'-SAILS,
triangular sails, suspended on the ropes which stay the masts upon the
foresides--from the jib-boom, bowsprit, and deck in the case of the
foremast, and from the deck in the case of the mainmast.--SAIL CLOSE TO THE
WIND, to run great risk; SAILORS' HOME, an institution where sailors may
lodge, or aged and infirm sailors be permanently cared for.--AFTER SAIL,
the sails carried on the mainmast and mizzen-mast; FORE-AND-AFT SAILS,
those set parallel to the keel of a ship, as opp. to SQUARE SAILS, those
set across the ship; FULL SAIL, with all sails set; MAKE SAIL, to spread
more canvas, in sailing; SET SAIL, to spread the sails, to begin a voyage;
SHORTEN SAIL, to reduce its extent; STRIKE SAIL, to lower the sail or
sails: (_Shak._) to abate one's pretensions of pomp or superiority; TAKE
THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS, to deprive one of an advantage; UNDER SAIL,
having the sails spread. [A.S. _segel_, cf. Dut. _zeil_, Ger. _segel_.]
SAIMIRI, s[=i]'mi-ri, _n._ a squirrel monkey.
SAIN, s[=a]'in (_Shak._), _pa.p._ of _say_.
SAIN, s[=a]n, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to bless so as to protect from evil. [A.S.
_segnian_--L. _sign[=a]re_--_signum_, mark.]
SAINFOIN, s[=a]n'foin, _n._ a leguminous fodder-plant.--Also SAINT'FOIN.
[Fr., _sain_, wholesome, _foin_, hay--L. _sanum foenum_.]
SAINT, s[=a]nt, _n._ a sanctified or holy person: one eminent for piety:
one of the blessed dead: one canonised by the R.C. Church: an image of a
saint: an angel: (_pl._) Israelites as a people: Christians
generally.--_v.t._ to salute as a saint.--_adj._ SAINT'ED, made a saint:
holy: sacred: gone to heaven: canonised.--_n._ SAINT'HOOD.--_adj._
SAINT'ISH, somewhat saintly, or affectedly so.--_n._ SAINT'ISM, the
character or quality of a saint: sanctimoniousness.--_adjs._ SAINT'-LIKE,
SAINT'LY, like or becoming a saint.--_adv._ SAINT'LILY.--_n._
SAINT'LINESS.--_adj._ SAINT'-SEEM'ING, appearing like a saint.--_n._
SAINT'SHIP, the character of a saint.--SAINT'S DAY, a day set apart for the
commemoration of a particular saint; ST AGNES'S FLOWER, the snowflake; ST
ANDREW'S CROSS, a North American shrub; ST ANDREW'S DAY, 30th November; ST
ANTHONY'S FIRE, erysipelas; ST ANTHONY'S NUT, the pig-nut or hawk-nut; ST
AUDREY'S NECKLACE, a string of holy stones; ST BARBARA'S CRESS, the yellow
rocket; ST BARNABY'S THISTLE, the English star-thistle; ST BENNET'S HERB,
the herb bennet; ST BERNARD, a kind of dog; ST BLASE'S DISEASE, quinsy; ST
CASSIAN BEDS, a division of the Triassic series; ST CRISPIN'S DAY, 25th
October; ST DAVID'S DAY, 1st March; ST DOMINGO DUCK, a West Indian duck; ST
DOMINGO GREBE, the smallest grebe in America; ST ELMO'S FIRE (see ELMO'S
FIRE); ST GEORGE'S DAY, 23d April; ST GEORGE'S ENSIGN, the distinguishing
flag of the British navy, a red cross on a white field; ST HUBERT'S
DISEASE, hydrophobia; ST JOHN'S BREAD, the carob bean: ergot of rye; ST
JOHN'S DAY, 27th December; ST JOHN'S HAWK, a blackish variety of the
rough-legged buzzard; ST JULIEN, an esteemed red Bordeaux wine from the
Médoc region; ST LEGER, the name of a race run at Doncaster, so called
since 1778 from Col. _St Leger_; ST LUKE'S SUMMER, a period of pleasant
weather about the middle of October; ST MARTIN'S EVIL, drunkenness; ST
MARTIN'S SUMMER, a season of mild, damp weather in late autumn; ST
NICHOLAS'S DAY, 6th December; ST PATRICK'S DAY, 17th March; ST PETER'S
FINGER, a belemnite; ST PETER'S FISH, the dory; ST PETER'S WORT, a name of
several plants; ST PIERRE GROUP, a thick mass of shales in the upper
Missouri region; ST SWITHIN'S DAY, 15th July; ST VALENTINE'S DAY, 14th
February; ST VITUS'S DANCE, chorea.--ALL-SAINTS' DAY, a feast observed by
the Latin Church on 1st November, in the Greek Church on the first Sunday
after Pentecost; COMMUNION OF THE SAINTS, the spiritual fellowship of all
true believers, the blessed dead as well as the faithful living, mystically
united in each other in Christ; INTERCESSION, PERSEVERANCE, OF SAINTS (see
INTERCESSION, PERSEVERANCE); LATTER-DAY SAINTS, the Mormons' name for
themselves; PATRON SAINT, a saint who is regarded as a protector, as St
George of England, St Andrew of Scotland, St Patrick of Ireland, St David
of Wales, St Denis of France, St James of Spain, St Nicholas of Russia, St
Stephen of Hungary, St Mark of Venice, &c. [Fr.,--L. _sanctus_, holy.]
SAINT-SIMONISM, s[=a]nt-s[=i]'mon-izm, _n._ the socialistic system founded
by the Comte de _Saint-Simon_ (1760-1825).--_ns._ SAINT-SIM[=O]'NIAN (also
_adj._); SAINT-SIM[=O]'NIANISM; SAINT-S[=I]'MONIST.
SAIR, s[=a]r, _adj._ (_Scot._) sore.--_adv._ SAIR'LY.
SAIR, s[=a]r, _v.t._ to serve: to fit: to satisfy: to give alms.--_n._
SAIR'ING, as much as serves the turn: enough.
SAITH, seth, _v.t._ and _v.i._ 3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of _say_.