Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SAVABLE

SA'VABLE, adjective [from save.] Capable of being saved.

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SAVABLENESS

SA'VABLENESS, noun Capability of being saved.

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SAVAGE

SAV'AGE, adjective [Latin silva, a wood, or silvicola, an inhabitant of a wood, or silvaticus.]1. Pertaining to the forest; wild; remote from human residence and improvements; u...

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SAVAGELY

SAV'AGELY, adverb In the manner of a savage; cruelly; inhumanly.

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SAVAGENESS

SAV'AGENESS, noun1. Wildness; an untamed, uncultivated or uncivilized state; barbarism. Hence,2. Cruelty; barbarousness.Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savageness asid...

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SAVAGERY

SAV'AGERY, noun1. Wild growth, as of plants.2. Cruelty; barbarity.

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SAVAGISM

SAV'AGISM, noun The state of rude uncivilized men; the state of men in their native wildness and rudeness.The greater part of modern philosophers have declared for the original ...

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SAVANNA

SAVAN'NA, nounAn extensive open plain or meadow, or a plain destitute of trees.

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SAVE

SAVE, verb transitive [Latin salvo. As salve is used in Latin for salutation or wishing health, as hail is in English, I suspect this word to be from the root of heal or hail, t...

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SAVEALL

SA'VEALL, noun [save and all.] A small pan inserted in a candlestick to save the ends of candles.

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SAVED

SA'VED, participle passive Preserved from evil; injury or destruction; kept frugally; prevented; spared; taken in time.

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SAVELIN

SA'VELIN, noun A fish of the trout kind, having very small scales and a black back.

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SAVER

SA'VER, noun1. One that saves, preserves or rescues from evil or destruction; as the saver of the country.2. One that escapes loss, but without gain.3. One that is frugal in exp...

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SAVIN

SAV'IN, noun A tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus. The savin of Europe resembles the red cedar of America, and the latter is sometimes called savin

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SAVING

SA'VING, participle present tense1. Preserving from evil or destruction; hindering from waste or loss; sparing; taking or using in time.2. Excepting.3.adjective Frugal; not lavi...

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SAVINGLY

SA'VINGLY, adverb1. With frugality or parsimony.2. So as to be finally saved from eternal death; as savingly converted.

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SAVINGNESS

SA'VINGNESS, noun1. Frugality; parsimony, caution not to expend money without necessity or use.2. Tendency to promote eternal salvation.SA'VINGS BANK, noun A bank in which the s...

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SAVIOR

SAVIOR, noun savyur. One that saves or preserves; but properly applied only to Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, who has opened the way to everlasting salvation by his obedience and d...

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SAVOR

SA'VOR, noun [Latin sapor, sapio, to taste.]1. Taste or odor; something that perceptibly affects the organs of taste and smell; as the savor of an orange or rose; an ill savor; ...

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SAVORILY

SA'VORILY, adverb [from savory.]1. With gust or appetite.2. With a pleasing relish.

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SAVORINESS

SA'VORINESS, noun Pleasing taste or smell; as the savoriness of a pineapple or a peach.

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SAVORLESS

SA'VORLESS, adjective Destitute of smell or taste; insipid.

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SAVORLY

SA'VORLY, adjective Well seasoned; of good taste.SA'VORLY, adverb With a pleasing relish.

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SAVORY

SA'VORY, adjective [from savor.] Pleasing to the organs of smell or taste; as a savory odor.Make me savory meat. Genesis 27:1.SA'VORY, noun A plant of the genus Satureia.

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SAVOY

SAVOY', noun A variety of the common cabbage, much cultivated for winter use.

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SAW

SAW, preterit tense of see.SAW, noun [See the Verb.]1. A cutting instrument consisting of a blade or thin plate of iron or steel, with one edge dentated or toothed.2. A saying; ...

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SAW-FLY

SAW'-FLY, noun A genus of flies, having a serrated sting.