SAVE, s[=a]v, _v.t._ to bring safe out of evil: to rescue: to reserve: to
spare: to deliver from the power of sin and from its consequences: to
husband: to hoard: to be in time for: to obviate, to prevent something
worse.--_v.i._ to be economical.--_prep._ except.--_adjs._ SAV'ABLE,
SAVE'ABLE.--_ns._ SAV'ABLENESS; SAVE'-ALL, a contrivance intended to save
anything from being wasted.--_v.t._ SAVE'GUARD (_Spens._), to
protect.--_ns._ S[=A]'VER, one who saves; SAVE'-REV'ERENCE, or
_Sir-reverence_, an apologetic phrase in conversation to cover anything
offensive.--_adj._ S[=A]'VING, disposed to save or be economical: incurring
no loss: preserving from wrong: frugal: implying a condition, as a saving
clause: exceptional: (_theol._) securing salvation.--_prep._
excepting.--_n._ that which is saved: (_pl._) earnings.--_adv._
S[=A]'VINGLY, so as to secure salvation.--_ns._ S[=A]'VINGNESS;
S[=A]'VINGS-BANK, a bank for the receipt of small deposits by poor persons,
and their accumulation at compound interest.--SAVE APPEARANCES, to keep up
an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety. [Fr. _sauver_--L.
_salv[=a]re_--_salvus_, safe.]
SAVELOY, sav'e-loi, _n._ a kind of sausage made of meat chopped and
seasoned, orig. of brains. [Fr. _cervelat_, _cervelas_, a saveloy--It.
_cervelata_--_cervello_, brain--L. _cerebellum_, dim. of _cerebrum_, the
brain.]
SAVIGNY, sa-v[=e]'nyi, _n._ a red wine of Burgundy.
SAVIN, SAVINE, sav'in, _n._ a low much-branched and widely-spreading shrub
(_Juniperus Sabina_), with very small imbricated evergreen leaves, its
fresh tops yielding an irritant volatile oil, anthelmintic and
abortifacient: the American red cedar. [O. Fr. _sabine_--L. _sabina_
(_herba_), Sabine herb.]
SAVIOUR, s[=a]'vyur, _n._ one who saves from evil: a deliverer, a title
applied to Jesus Christ, who saves men from the power and penalty of sin.
SAVOIR-FAIRE, sav-wor-f[=a]r', _n._ the faculty of knowing just what to do
and how to do it: tact. [Fr.]
SAVOIR-VIVRE, sav-wor-v[=e]'vr, _n._ good breeding: knowledge of polite
usages. [Fr.]
SAVONETTE, sav-[=o]-net', _n._ a kind of toilet soap: a West Indian tree
whose bark serves as soap.
SAVORY, s[=a]'vor-i, _n._ a genus of plants of the natural order _Labiatæ_,
nearly allied to thyme. The Common Savory gives an aromatic pungent flavour
to viands. [_Savour._]
SAVOUR, SAVOR, s[=a]'vur, _n._ taste: odour: scent: (_B._) reputation:
characteristic property: pleasure.--_v.i._ to have a particular taste or
smell: to be like: to smack.--_v.t._ to smell: to relish: to
season.--_adv._ S[=A]'VOURILY.--_n._ S[=A]'VOURINESS.--_adjs._
S[=A]'VOURLESS, wanting savour; S[=A]'VOURLY, well seasoned: of good taste;
S[=A]'VOURY, having savour or relish: pleasant: with gusto: morally
pleasant. [Fr. _saveur_--L. _sapor_--_sap[)e]re_, to taste.]
SAVOY, sa-voi', _n._ a cultivated winter variety of cabbage, forming a
large close head like the true cabbage, but having wrinkled
leaves--originally from _Savoy_.--_ns._ SAVOY'ARD, a native of Savoy, since
1860 part of France; SAVOY'-MED'LAR, a tree related to the June-berry or
shad-bush.
SAVVY, SAVVEY, sav'i, _v.t._ to know: to understand.--_v.i._ to possess
knowledge.--_n._ general ability. [Sp. _sabe_--_saber_, to know--L.
_sap[)e]re_, to be wise.]
SAW, saw, _pa.t._ of _see_.
SAW, saw, _n._ an instrument for cutting, formed of a blade, band, or disc
of thin steel, with a toothed edge.--_v.t._ to cut with a saw.--_v.i._ to
use a saw: to be cut with a saw:--_pa.t._ sawed; _pa.p._ sawed or
sawn.--_ns._ SAW'-BACK, the larva of an American bombycid moth; SAW'-BONES,
a slang name for a surgeon; SAW'DUST, dust or small pieces of wood, &c.,
made in sawing; SAW'ER; SAW'-FILE, a three-cornered file used for
sharpening the teeth of saws; SAW'-FISH, a genus of cartilaginous fishes
distinguished by the prolongation of the snout into a formidable weapon
bordered on each side by sharp teeth; SAW'-FLY, the common name of a number
of hymenopterous insects, injurious to plants; SAW'-FRAME, the frame in
which a saw is set; SAW'-GRASS, a marsh plant of the southern states of the
American Union, with long slender leaves; SAW'-HORN, any insect with
serrate antennæ; SAW'MILL, a mill for sawing timber; SAW'PIT, a pit where
wood is sawed; SAW'-SET, an instrument for turning the teeth of saws
alternately right and left; SAW'-SHARP'ENER, the greater titmouse;
SAW'-T[=A]'BLE, the platform of a sawing-machine; SAW'-TEM'PERING, the
process by which the requisite hardness and elasticity are given to a
saw.--_adj._ SAW'-TOOTHED, having teeth like those of a saw: (_bot._)
having tooth-like notches, as a leaf.--_ns._ SAW'-WHET, the Acadian owl;
SAW'-WHET'TER, the marsh titmouse; SAW'YER, one who saws timber: a stranded
tree in a river in America: any wood-boring larva: the bowfin fish. [A.S.
_saga_; Ger. _säge_.]
SAW, saw, _n._ a saying: a proverb: a degree: a joke. [A.S.
_sagu_--_secgan_, to say.]
SAW, saw, _n._ (_Scot._) salve.
SAWDER, saw'd[.e]r, _n._ flattery, blarney.