SAUNT, a Scotch form of _saint_.
SAUNTER, sawn't[.e]r, _v.i._ to wander about idly: to loiter: to lounge: to
stroll: to dawdle.--_n._ a sauntering: a place for sauntering: a leisurely
ramble.--_ns._ SAUN'TERER; SAUN'TERING.--_adv._ SAUN'TERINGLY. [M. E.
_saunteren_--Anglo-Fr. _sauntrer_, to adventure out. Cf. _Adventure_.
Sometimes erroneously explained as from Fr. _sainte terre_, holy land, from
pilgrimages.]
SAURIAN, saw'ri-an, _n._ a reptile or animal covered with scales, as the
lizard.--_adj._ pertaining to, or of the nature of, a saurian.--_n.pl._
SAU'RIA, a division of reptiles formerly including lizards, crocodiles,
dinosaurians, pterodactyls, &c.: a scaly reptile with legs, a lacertilian:
one of the sauropsida.--_n._ SAURAN'ODON, a genus of toothless reptiles,
whose fossil remains are found in the Rocky Mountains.--_adj._
SAURAN'ODONT.--_ns._ SAURICH'NITE, the fossil track of a saurian;
SAUR'[=O]DON, a genus of fossil fishes of the Cretaceous age.--_adj._
SAUR'OID, resembling the lizard: reptilian.--_n._ SAUROM'ALUS, a genus of
plump lizards, including the alderman-lizard.--_n.pl._ SAUROP'ODA, an order
of lizards containing gigantic dinosaurs.--_adj._ SAUROP'ODOUS.--_n.pl._
SAUROP'SIDA, the monocondyla, including birds and reptiles.--_adj._
SAUROP'SIDAN.--_n.pl._ SAUROPTERYG'IA, an order of fossil saurians, usually
called _Plesiosauria_.--_adj._ SAUROPTERYG'IAN. [Gr. _saura_, _sauros_, the
lizard.]
SAURLESS, sawr'les, _adj._ (_Scot._) savourless: tasteless.
SAUROGNATHÆ, saw-rog'n[=a]-th[=e], _n.pl._ a family of birds containing the
woodpeckers and their allies.--_n._ SAUROG'N[=A]THISM, the peculiar
arrangement of the bones of their palates.--_adj._ SAUROG'N[=A]THOUS. [Gr.
_sauros_, a lizard, gnathos, the jaw.]
SAUROPHAGOUS, saw-rof'a-gus, _adj._ feeding on reptiles. [Gr. _sauros_, a
lizard, _phagein_, to eat.]
SAUROTHERINÆ, saw-r[=o]-th[=e]-r[=i]'n[=e], _n.pl._ the ground-cuckoos, a
sub-family of _Cuculidæ_, the typical genus SAUROTH[=E]'RA. [Gr. _sauros_,
a lizard, _th[=e]r_, a beast.]
SAURURÆ, saw-r[=oo]'r[=e], _n.pl._ a sub-class or order of Aves, of
Jurassic age, based upon the genus _Archæopteryx_--also called
SAUROR'NITHES.--_adj._ SAURU'ROUS, lizard-tailed, as the foregoing birds.
SAURURUS, saw-r[=oo]'rus, _n._ a genus of apetalous plants of the order
_Piperaceæ_.--_n.pl._ SAURU'R[=E]Æ, a family of these. [Gr. _sauros_, a
lizard, _oura_, a tail.]
SAURUS, saw'rus, _n._ the genus of lizard-fishes.
SAURY, saw'ri, _n._ the skipper, a species of the family _Scomberesocidæ_,
with elongated body and head, the jaws produced into a sharp beak.
SAUSAGE, saw's[=a]j, _n._ a gut stuffed with chopped meat salted and
seasoned.--_n._ SAU'SAGE-POI'SONING, poisoning by spoiled sausages. [Fr.
_saucisse_--Low L. _salcitia_--L. _salsus_, salted.]
SAUSSUREA, saw-s[=u]'r[=e]-a, _n._ a genus of composite plants of the order
_Cynaroideæ_. [Named after the Swiss botanists, H. B. de _Saussure_
(1740-99), and his son, Nic. Théodore de _Saussure_ (1767-1845).]
SAUSSURITE, saw-s[=u]'r[=i]t, _n._ a fine-grained compact mineral, of
grayish colour.--_adj._ SAUSSURIT'IC.
SAUT, sawt, a Scotch form of _salt_.