SAGATHY — SALOOP NWAD SAGATHY.1

SAGATHY, n. A kind of serge; a slight woolen stuff. NWAD SAGATHY.1

SAGE, n. A plant of the genius Salvia, of several species; as the officinalis, or common large sage, of several varieties; the tomentosa or balsamic sage; the auriculata, or sage of virtue; and the pomifera. NWAD SAGE.1

SAGE, a. [L. saga, sagus, sagio. See Sagacious.] NWAD SAGE.2

1. Wise; having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; as a sage counselor. NWAD SAGE.3

2. Wise; judicious; proceeding from wisdom; well judged; well adapted to the purpose; as sage counsels. NWAD SAGE.4

SAGE, n. A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; particularly, a man venerable for years, and known as a man of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher. NWAD SAGE.5

At his birth a star proclaims him come, and guides the eastern sages. NWAD SAGE.6

Groves where immortal sages taught. NWAD SAGE.7

SAGELY, adv. Wisely; with just discernment and prudence. NWAD SAGELY.1

SAGENE, n. A Russian measure of about seven English feet. [See Sajene.] NWAD SAGENE.1

SAGENESS, n. Wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity. NWAD SAGENESS.1

SAGENITE, n. Acicular rutile. NWAD SAGENITE.1

SAGITTAL, a. [L. sagittalis, from sagitta, an arrow; that which is thrown or driven, probably from the root of say and sing.] NWAD SAGITTAL.1

Pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; as sagittal bars of yellow. NWAD SAGITTAL.2

In anatomy, the sagittal suture is the suture which unites the parietal bones of the skull. NWAD SAGITTAL.3

SAGITTARIUS, n. [L. an archer.] One of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters November 22. NWAD SAGITTARIUS.1

SAGITTARY, n. [supra.] A centaur, an animal half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver. NWAD SAGITTARY.1

SAGITTATE, a. In botany, shaped like the head of an arrow; triangular, hollowed at the base, with angles at the hinder part; or with the hinder angles acute, divided by a sinus; applied to the leaf, stipula or anther. NWAD SAGITTATE.1

SAGO, n. a dry mealy substance or granulated paste, imported from Java and the Philippine and Molucca isles. It is the pith or marrow of a species of palm tree, and much used in medicine as a restorative diet. NWAD SAGO.1

SAGOIN, n. The Sagoins form a division of the genus Simia, including such of the monkeys of America as have hairy tails, not prehensile. NWAD SAGOIN.1

SAGY, a. [from sage.] Full of sage; seasoned with sage. NWAD SAGY.1

SAHLITE, n. A mineral name from the mountain Sahla, in Westermania, where it was discovered. It is of a light greenish gray color, occurs massive, and composed of coarse granular concretion. It is called also malacolite; a subspecies or variety of augite. NWAD SAHLITE.1

SAIC, n. a Turkish or Grecian vessel, very common in the Levant, a kind of ketch which has no top-gallant-sail, nor mizen-top-sail. NWAD SAIC.1

SAID, pret. and pp. of say; so written for sayed. NWAD SAID.1

1. Declared; uttered; reported. NWAD SAID.2

2. Aforesaid; before mentioned. NWAD SAID.3

SAIL, n. [L. sal, salt.] NWAD SAIL.1

1. In navigation, a spread of canvas, or an assemblage of several breadths of canvas, [or some substitute for it,] sewed together with a double seam at the borders, and edged with a cord called the bolt-rope, to be extended on the masts or yards for receiving the impulse of wind by which a ship is driven. The principal sails are the courses or lower salts, the top-sails and top-gallant-sails. NWAD SAIL.2

2. In poetry, wings. NWAD SAIL.3

3. A ship or other vessel; used in the singular for a single ship, or as a collective name for many. We saw a sail at the leeward. We saw three sail on our star-board quarter. The fleet consists of twenty sail. NWAD SAIL.4

To loose sails, to unfurl them. NWAD SAIL.5

To make sail, to extend an additional quantity of sail. NWAD SAIL.6

To set sail, to expand or spread the sails; and hence; to begin a voyage. NWAD SAIL.7

To shorten sail, to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. NWAD SAIL.8

1. To strike sail, to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting or in sudden gusts of wind. NWAD SAIL.9

2. To bate show or pomp. NWAD SAIL.10

SAIL, v.i. NWAD SAIL.11

1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water. A ship sails from New York for Liverpool. She sails ten knots an hour. She sails well close-hauled. NWAD SAIL.12

2. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water. We sailed from London to Canton. NWAD SAIL.13

3. To swim. NWAD SAIL.14

Little dolphins, when they sail in the vast shadow of the British whale. NWAD SAIL.15

4. To set sail; to begin a voyage. We sailed from New York for Havre, June 15, 1824. We sailed from Cowes for New York, May 10, 1825. NWAD SAIL.16

5. To be carried in the air, as a balloon. NWAD SAIL.17

6. To pass smoothly along. NWAD SAIL.18

As is a wing’d messenger from heaven, when he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, and sails upon the bosom of the air. NWAD SAIL.19

7. To fly without striking with the wings. NWAD SAIL.20

SAIL, v.t. NWAD SAIL.21

1. To pass or move upon in a ship, by means of sails. NWAD SAIL.22

A thousand ships were mann’d to sail the sea. NWAD SAIL.23

[This use is elliptical, on or over being omitted.] NWAD SAIL.24

2. To fly through NWAD SAIL.25

Sublime she sails th’ aerial space, and mounts the winged gales. NWAD SAIL.26

SAILABLE, a. Navigable; that may be passed by ships. NWAD SAILABLE.1

SAIL-BORNE, n. Borne or conveyed by sails. NWAD SAIL-BORNE.1

SAIL-BOARD, a. [See Broad.] Spreading like a sail. NWAD SAIL-BOARD.1

SAILED, pp. Passed in ships or other water craft. NWAD SAILED.1

SAILER, n. NWAD SAILER.1

1. One that sails; a seaman; usually sailor. NWAD SAILER.2

2. A ship or other vessel, with reference to her manner of sailing. Thus we say, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer; a prime sailer. NWAD SAILER.3

SAILING, ppr. Moving on water or in air; passing in a ship or other vessel. NWAD SAILING.1

SAILING, n. NWAD SAILING.2

1. The act of moving on water; or the movement of a ship or vessel impelled or wafted along the surface of water by the action of wind on her sails. NWAD SAILING.3

2. Movement through the air, as in a balloon. NWAD SAILING.4

3. The act of setting sail or beginning a voyage. NWAD SAILING.5

SAIL-LOFT, n. A loft or apartment where sails are cut out and made. NWAD SAIL-LOFT.1

SAIL-MAKER, n. NWAD SAIL-MAKER.1

1. One whose occupation is to make sails. NWAD SAIL-MAKER.2

2. An officer on board ships of war, whose business is to repair or alter sails. NWAD SAIL-MAKER.3

SAIL-MAKING, n. The art or business of making sails. NWAD SAIL-MAKING.1

SAILOR, n. [a more common spelling than sailer.] NWAD SAILOR.1

A mariner; a seaman; one who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels, or one who understands the management of ships in navigation. The word however does not by itself express any particular skill in navigation. It denotes any person who follows the seas, and is chiefly or wholly applied to the common hands. [See Seaman.] NWAD SAILOR.2

SAIL-YARD, n. The yard or spar on which sails are extended. NWAD SAIL-YARD.1

SAIM, n. [L. sebum, contracted.] Lard. [Local.] NWAD SAIM.1

SAIN, for sayen, pp. of say. Obs. NWAD SAIN.1

SAINFOIN, SAINTFOIN, n. A plant cultivated for fodder, of the genus Hedysarum. NWAD SAINFOIN.1

SAINT, n. [L. sanctus.] NWAD SAINT.1

1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue. It is particularly applied to the apostles and other holy persons mentioned in Scripture. A hypocrite may imitate a saint. Psalm 16:3. NWAD SAINT.2

2. One of the blessed in heaven. Revelation 18:24. NWAD SAINT.3

3. The holy angels are called saint. Deuteronomy 33:2; Jude 14. NWAD SAINT.4

4. One canonized by the church of Rome. NWAD SAINT.5

SAINT, v.t. To number or enroll among saints by an official act of the pope; to canonize. NWAD SAINT.6

Over against the church stands a large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beautified, though never sainted. NWAD SAINT.7

SAINT, v.i. To act with a show of piety. NWAD SAINT.8

SAINTED, pp. NWAD SAINTED.1

1. Canonized; enrolled among the saints. NWAD SAINTED.2

2. a. Holy; pious; as, thy father was a most sainted king. NWAD SAINTED.3

3. Sacred; as the gods on sainted hills. NWAD SAINTED.4

SAINTESS, n. A female saint. NWAD SAINTESS.1

SAINT JOHN’S BREAD, n. A plant of the genus Ceratonia. NWAD SAINT_JOHNS_BREAD.1

SAINT JOHN’S WORT, n. A plant of the genus Hypericum. NWAD SAINT_JOHNS_WORT.1

SAINTLIKE, a. [saint and like.] NWAD SAINTLIKE.1

1. Resembling a saint; as a saintlike prince. NWAD SAINTLIKE.2

2. Suiting a saint; becoming a saint. NWAD SAINTLIKE.3

Gloss’d over only with a saintlike show. NWAD SAINTLIKE.4

SAINTLY, a. Like a saint; becoming a holy person; as wrongs with saintly patience borne. NWAD SAINTLY.1

SAINT PETER’S WORT, n. A plant of the genus Ascyrum, and another of the genus Hypericum. NWAD SAINT_PETERS_WORT.1

SAINT’S BELL, n. A small bell rung in churches when the priest repeats the words sancte, sancte, sancte, Deus sabaoth, that persons absent might fall on their knees in reverence of the holy office. NWAD SAINTS_BELL.1

SAINT-SEEMING, a. Having the appearance of a saint. NWAD SAINT-SEEMING.1

SAINTSHIP, n. The character or qualities of a saint. NWAD SAINTSHIP.1

SAJENE, n. [written also sagene. Tooke writes it sajene.] NWAD SAJENE.1

A Russian measure of length, equal to seven feet English measure. NWAD SAJENE.2

SAKE, n. [Heb. to press or oppress. The primary sense is to strain, urge, press or drive forward, and this is from the same root as seek, essay and L. sequor, whence we have pursue and prosecute. We have analogous words in cause, thing, and the L. res.] NWAD SAKE.1

1. Final cause; end; purpose; or rather the purpose of obtaining. I open a window for the sake of air, that is, to obtain it, for the purpose of obtaining air. I read for the sake of instruction, that is, to obtain it. Sake then signifies primarily effort to obtain, and secondarily purpose of obtaining. The hero fights for the sake of glory; men labor for the sake of subsistence or wealth. NWAD SAKE.2

2. Account; regard to any person or thing. NWAD SAKE.3

I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake. Genesis 8:21. NWAD SAKE.4

Save me for thy mercies’ sake. Psalm 6:4. NWAD SAKE.5

SAKER, n. NWAD SAKER.1

1. A hawk; a species of falcon. NWAD SAKER.2

2. A piece of artillery. NWAD SAKER.3

SAKERET, n. The male of the sakerhawk. NWAD SAKERET.1

SAL, n. [See Salt.] Salt; a word much used in chimistry and pharmacy. NWAD SAL.1

SALABLE, a. [from sale.] That may be sold; that finds a ready market; being in good demand. NWAD SALABLE.1

SALABLENESS, n. The state of being salable. NWAD SALABLENESS.1

SALABLY, adv. In a salable manner. NWAD SALABLY.1

SALACIOUS, a. [L. salax, from the root of sal, salt; the primary sense of which is shooting, penetrating, pungent, coinciding probably with L. salio, to leap. Salacious then is highly excited, or prompt to leap.] Lustful; lecherous. NWAD SALACIOUS.1

SALACIOUSLY, adv. Lustfully; with eager animal appetite. NWAD SALACIOUSLY.1

SALACIOUSNESS, SALACITY, n. Lust; lecherousness; strong propensity to venery. NWAD SALACIOUSNESS.1

SALAD, n. NWAD SALAD.1

Raw herbs, usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil or spices, and eaten for giving a relish to other food. NWAD SALAD.2

Leaves eaten raw, are termed salad. NWAD SALAD.3

SALADING, n. Vegetables for salads. NWAD SALADING.1

SAL-ALEMBROTH, n. A compound muriate of mercury and ammonia. NWAD SAL-ALEMBROTH.1

SALAM, n. [Oriental, peace or safety.] A salutation or compliment of ceremony or respect. [Not in use.] NWAD SALAM.1

SALAMANDER, n. [L. Gr. salamandra.] An animal of the genus Lacerta or Lizard, one of the smaller species of the genus, not being more than six or seven inches in length. It has a short cylindrical tail, four toes on the four feet, and a naked body. The skin is furnished with small excrescences like teats, which are full of holes from which oozes a milky liquor that spreads over the skin, forming a kind of transparent varnish. The eyes are placed in the upper part of the head. The color is dark, with a bluish cast on the belly, intermixed with irregular yellow spots. This animal is oviparous, inhabits cold damp places among trees or hedges, avoiding the heat of the sun. The vulgar story of its being able to endure fire, is a mistake. NWAD SALAMANDER.1

Salamander’s hair or wool, a name given to a species of asbestos or mineral flax; I believe no long used. NWAD SALAMANDER.2

SALAMANDRINE, a. Pertaining to or resembling a salamander; enduring fire. NWAD SALAMANDRINE.1

Sal ammoniac, muriate of ammonia. The native sal ammoniac is of two kinds, volcanic and conchoidal. NWAD SALAMANDRINE.2

SALARIED, a. Enjoying a salary. NWAD SALARIED.1

SALARY, n. [L. salarium; said to be from sal, salt, which was part of the pay of Roman soldiers.] NWAD SALARY.1

The recompense or consideration stipulated to be paid to a person for services, usually a fixed sum to be paid by the year, as to governors, magistrates, settled clergymen, instructors of seminaries, or other officers, civil or ecclesiastical. When wages are stated or stipulated by the month, week or day, we do not call the compensation salary, but pay or wages; as in the case of military men and laborers. NWAD SALARY.2

SALE, n. [The primary sense of sell, is simply to deliver or cause to pass from one person to another.] NWAD SALE.1

1. The act of selling; the exchange of a commodity for money of equivalent value. The exchange of one commodity for another is barter or permutation, and sale differs from barter only in the nature of the equivalent given. NWAD SALE.2

2. Vent; power of selling; market. He went to market, but found no sale for his goods. NWAD SALE.3

3. Auction; public sale to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market. [Little used.] NWAD SALE.4

4. State of being venal, or of being offered to bribery; as, to set the liberty of a state to sale. NWAD SALE.5

5. A wicker basket. NWAD SALE.6

SALE, a. Sold; bought; as opposed to homemade. [Colloquial.] NWAD SALE.7

SALEBROSITY, n. [See Salebrous.] Roughness or ruggedness of a place or road. NWAD SALEBROSITY.1

SALEBROUS, a. [L. salebrosus, from salebra, a rough place; probably allied to salio, to shoot out.] Rough; rugged; uneven. [Little used.] NWAD SALEBROUS.1

SALEP, n. [said to be a Turkish word; written also salop, saloop and saleb.] NWAD SALEP.1

In the materia medica, the dried root of a species of orchis; also, a preparation of this root to be used as food. NWAD SALEP.2

SALESMAN, n. [sale and man.] One that sells clothes ready made. NWAD SALESMAN.1

SALEWORK, n. Work or things made for sale; hence, work carelessly done. This last sense is a satire on man. NWAD SALEWORK.1

SALIC, a. [The origin of this word is not ascertained.] NWAD SALIC.1

The Salic law of France is a fundamental law, by virtue of which males only can inherit the throne. NWAD SALIC.2

SALIENT, a. [L. saliens, salio, to leap.] NWAD SALIENT.1

1. Leaping; an epithet in heraldry applied to a lion or other beast, represented in a leaping posture, with his right foot in the dexter point, and his hinder left foot in the sinister base of the escutcheon, by which it is distinguished from rampant. NWAD SALIENT.2

2. In fortification, projecting; as a salient angle. A salient angle points outward, and is opposed to a re-entering angle, which points inward. NWAD SALIENT.3

SALIENT, a. [L. saliens, from salio, to leap or shoot out.] NWAD SALIENT.4

1. Leaping; moving by leaps; as frogs. NWAD SALIENT.5

2. Beating; throbbing; as the heart. NWAD SALIENT.6

3. Shooting out or up; springing; darting; as a salient sprout. NWAD SALIENT.7

SALIFEROUS, a. [L. sal, salt, and fero, to produce.] NWAD SALIFEROUS.1

Producing or bearing salt; as saliferous rock. NWAD SALIFEROUS.2

SALIFIABLE, a. [from salify.] Capable of becoming a salt, or of combining with an acid to form a neutral salt. Salifiable bases are alkalies, earths and metallic oxyds. NWAD SALIFIABLE.1

SALIFICATION, n. The act of salifying. NWAD SALIFICATION.1

SALIFIED, pp. Formed into a neutral salt by combination with an acid. NWAD SALIFIED.1

SALIFY, v.t. [L. sal, salt, and facio, to make.] NWAD SALIFY.1

To form into a neutral salt, by combining an acid with an alkali, earth or metal. NWAD SALIFY.2

SALIFYING, ppr. Forming into a salt by combination with an acid. NWAD SALIFYING.1

SALIGOT, n. A plant, the water thistle. NWAD SALIGOT.1

SALINATION, n. [L. sal, salt; salinator, a salt maker.] NWAD SALINATION.1

The act of washing with salt water. NWAD SALINATION.2

SALINE, SALINOUS, a. [L. sal, salt.] NWAD SALINE.1

1. Consisting of salt or constituting salt; as saline particles; saline substances. NWAD SALINE.2

2. Partaking of the qualities of salt; as a saline taste. NWAD SALINE.3

SALINE, n. A salt spring, or a place where salt water is collected in the earth; a name given to the salt springs in the United States. NWAD SALINE.4

SALINIFEROUS, a. [L. sal, salinum, and fero, to produce.] Producing salt. NWAD SALINIFEROUS.1

SALINIFORM, a. [L. sal, salinum, and form.] Having the form of salt. NWAD SALINIFORM.1

SALINO-TERRENE, a. [L. sal, salinum, and terrenus, from terra, earth.] Denoting a compound of salt and earth. NWAD SALINO-TERRENE.1

SALITE, v.t. [L. salio, from sal, salt.] To salt; to impregnate or season with salt. [Little used.] NWAD SALITE.1

SALIVA, SALIVE, n. [L. saliva.] NWAD SALIVA.1

The fluid which is secreted by the salivary glands, and which serves to moisten the mouth and tongue. It moistens our food also, and by being mixed with it in mastication, promotes digestion. When discharged from the mouth, it is called spittle. NWAD SALIVA.2

SALIVAL, SALIVARY, a. [from saliva.] Pertaining to saliva; secreting or conveying saliva; as salivary glands; salivary ducts or canals. NWAD SALIVAL.1

SALIVATE, v.t. [from saliva.] NWAD SALIVATE.1

To excite an unusual secretion and discharge of saliva in a person, usually by mercury; to produce ptyalism in a person. Physicians salivate their patients in diseases of the glands, of the liver, in the venereal disease, in yellow fever, etc. NWAD SALIVATE.2

SALIVATED, pp. Having an increased secretion of saliva from medicine. NWAD SALIVATED.1

SALIVATING, ppr. Exciting increased secretion of saliva. NWAD SALIVATING.1

SALIVATION, n. The act or process of promoting ptyalism, or of producing an increased secretion of saliva, for the cure of disease. NWAD SALIVATION.1

SALIVOUS, a. Pertaining to saliva; partaking of the nature of saliva. NWAD SALIVOUS.1

SALLET, n. A head-piece or helmet. NWAD SALLET.1

SALLET, SALLETING, n. [corrupted from salad. Not in use.] NWAD SALLET.2

SALLIANCE, n. [from sally.] An issuing forth. [Not in use.] NWAD SALLIANCE.1

SALLOW, n. [L. salix.] A tree of the willow kind, or genus Salix. NWAD SALLOW.1

SALLOW, a. [L. salix, the tree, supra.] NWAD SALLOW.2

Having a yellowish color; of a pale sickly color, tinged with a dark yellow; as a sallow skin. NWAD SALLOW.3

SALLOWNESS, n. A yellowish color; paleness tinged with a dark yellow; as sallowness of complexion. NWAD SALLOWNESS.1

SALLY, n. [See the Verb.] In a general sense, a spring; a darting or shooting. Hence, NWAD SALLY.1

1. An issue or rushing of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers. NWAD SALLY.2

2. A spring or darting of intellect, fancy or imagination; flight; sprightly exertion. We say, sallies of wit, sallies of imagination. NWAD SALLY.3

3. Excursion from the usual track; range. NWAD SALLY.4

He who often makes sallies into a country, and traverses it up and down, will know it better than one that goes always round in the same track. NWAD SALLY.5

4. Act of levity or extravagance; wild gaiety; frolic; a bounding or darting beyond ordinary rules; as a sally of youth; a sally of levity. NWAD SALLY.6

SALLY, v.i. [L. salio. Gr. to impel, to shoot. See Solar, from L. sol. Gr.] NWAD SALLY.7

1. To issue or rush out, as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers. NWAD SALLY.8

They break the truce, and sally out by night. NWAD SALLY.9

2. To issue suddenly; to make a sudden eruption. NWAD SALLY.10

SALLYING, ppr. Issuing or rushing out. NWAD SALLYING.1

SALLY-PORT, n. NWAD SALLY-PORT.1

1. In fortification, a postern gate, or a passage under ground from the inner to the outer works, such as from the higher flank to the lower, or to the tenailles, or to the communication from the middle of the curtain to the ravelin. NWAD SALLY-PORT.2

2. A large port on each quarter of a fireship for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired. NWAD SALLY-PORT.3

SALMAGUNDI, n. [See Salpicon.] NWAD SALMAGUNDI.1

A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring with oil, vinegar, pepper and onions. NWAD SALMAGUNDI.2

Salmiac, a contraction of sal ammoniac. NWAD SALMAGUNDI.3

SALMON, n. sam’mon. [L. salmo.] NWAD SALMON.1

A fish of the genus Salmo, found in all the northern climates of America, Europe and Asia, ascending the rivers for spawning in spring, and penetrating to their head streams. It is a remarkably strong fish, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of its progress. It has been known to grow to the weight of 75 pounds; more generally it is from 15 to 25 pounds. It furnishes a delicious dish for the table, and is an article of commerce. NWAD SALMON.2

SALMON-TROUT, n. sam’mon-trout. A species of trout resembling the salmon in color. NWAD SALMON-TROUT.1

SALOON, n. [See Hall.] NWAD SALOON.1

In architecture, a lofty spacious hall, vaulted at the top, and usually comprehending two stories with two ranges of windows. It is a magnificent room in the middle of a building, or at the head of a gallery, etc. It is a state room much used in palaces in Italy for the reception of embassadors and other visitors. NWAD SALOON.2

SALOOP, SALOP, [See Salep.] NWAD SALOOP.1