SAW-PIT
SAW'-PIT, noun A pit over which timber is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above.SAW'-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Serratula, so named from its s...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SAWED
SAW'ED, participle passive Cut, divided or formed with a saw.
SAWER
SAW'ER, noun One that saws; corrupted into sawyer.SAW'-FISH, noun A fish of the genus Pristis, which has a long beak or snout, with spines growing like teeth on both edges, and ...
SAWYER
SAW'YER, noun1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel.2. In America, a tree which, being undermined by a current of water, and fal...
SAXIFRAGE
SAX'IFRAGE, noun [Latin saqxifraga; composed of saxum, a stone, and frango, to break.]A medicine that has the property of breaking or dissolving the stone in the bladder. But in...
SAXIFRAGOUS
SAXIF'RAGOUS, adjective Dissolving the stone.
SAXON
SAX'ON, noun1. One of the nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries. The Welsh ...
SAXONISM
SAX'ONISM, noun An idiom of the Saxon language.
SAXONIST
SAX'ONIST, noun One versed in the Saxon language.
SAY
SAY, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive said, contracted from sayed.1. To speak; to utter in words; as, he said nothing; he said many things; he says not a wor...
SAYE
SAYE, noun In commerce, a kind of serge used for linings, shirts, aprons, etc.
SAYING
SA'YING, participle present tense Uttering in articulate sounds or words; speaking; telling; relating; reciting.SA'YING, noun1. An expression; a sentence uttered; a declaration....
SCAB
SCAB, noun [Latin scabbies, scaber, rough.]1. An encrusted substance, dry and rough, formed over a sore in healing.2. The itch or mange in horses; a disease of sheep.3. A mean, ...
SCABBARD
SCAB'BARD, noun The sheath of a sword.SCAB'BARD, verb transitive To put in a sheath.
SCABBED
SCAB'BED, adjective [from scab.]1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.2. Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.
SCABBEDNESS
SCAB'BEDNESS, noun The state of being scabbed.
SCABBINESS
SCAB'BINESS, noun [from scabby.] The quality of being scabby.
SCABBY
SCAB'BY, adjective [from scab.]1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.2. Diseased with the scab or mange; mangy.
SCABIOUS
SCA'BIOUS, adjective [Latin scabisus, from scabies, scab.]Consisting of scabs; rough itch; leprous; as scabious eruptions.SCA'BIOUS, noun A plant of the genus Scabiosa.
SCABREDITY
SCABRED'ITY, noun [Latin scabredo, scabrities.] Roughness; ruggedness. [Not in use.]
SCABROUS
SCA'BROUS, adjective [Latin scabrosus, scaber, from scabies, scab.1. Rough; rugged; having sharp points.2. Harsh; unmusical.
SCABROUSNESS
SCA'BROUSNESS, noun Roughness; ruggedness.
SCABWORT
SCAB'WORT, noun A plant, a species of Helenium.
SCAD
SCAD, noun1. A fish, the shad which see.2. A fish of the genus Caranx.
SCAFFOLD
SCAF'FOLD, noun [The last syllable is the Latin fala.]1. Among builders, an assemblage or structure of timbers, boards or planks, erected by the wall of a building to support th...
SCAFFOLDAGE
SCAF'FOLDAGE, noun A gallery; a hollow floor.
SCAFFOLDING
SCAF'FOLDING, noun1. A frame or structure for support in an elevated place.2. That which sustains; a frame; as the scaffolding of the body.3. Temporary structure for support.4. ...