SASSAFRAS — SAVORLESS

SASSAFRAS — SAVORLESS NWAD SASSAFRAS.1

SASSAFRAS, n. [L. saxifraga; saxum, a stone, and frango, to break.] NWAD SASSAFRAS.1

A tree of the genus Laurus, whose bark has an aromatic smell and taste. NWAD SASSAFRAS.2

SASSE, n. A sluice, canal or lock on a navigable river; a word found in old British statutes. NWAD SASSE.1

SASSOLIN, SASSOLINE, n. Native boracic acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence. NWAD SASSOLIN.1

SASSOROL, SASSOROLLA, n. A species of pigeon, called rock pigeon. NWAD SASSOROL.1

SASTRA, n. Among the Hindoos, a sacred book; a book containing sacred ordinances. The six great Sastras, in the opinion of the Hindoos, contain all knowledge, human and divine. These are the Veda, Upaveda, Vedanga, Purana, Dherma, and Dersana. NWAD SASTRA.1

SAT, pret. of sit. NWAD SAT.1

SATAN, n. [Heb. an adversary.] The grand adversary of man; the devil or prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels. NWAD SATAN.1

SATANIC, SATANICAL, a. Having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal. NWAD SATANIC.1

Detest the slander which with a satanic smile, exults over the character it has ruined. NWAD SATANIC.2

SATANICALLY, adv. With the wicked and malicious spirit of Satan; diabolically. NWAD SATANICALLY.1

SATANISM, n. The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit. NWAD SATANISM.1

SATANIST, n. A very wicked person. [Little used.] NWAD SATANIST.1

SATCHEL, n. [See Sachel.] A little sack or bag. NWAD SATCHEL.1

SATE, v.t. [L. satio. The primary sense is to stuff, to fill, from crowding, driving.] NWAD SATE.1

To satiate; to satisfy appetite; to glut; to feed beyond natural desire. NWAD SATE.2

While the vultures sate their maws with full repast. NWAD SATE.3

SATED, pp. Filled; glutted; satiated. NWAD SATED.1

SATELESS, a. Insatiable; not capable of being satisfied. NWAD SATELESS.1

SATELLITE, n. [L. satelles.] NWAD SATELLITE.1

1. A secondary planet or moon; a small planet revolving round another. In the solar system, eighteen satellites have been discovered. The earth has one, called the moon, Jupiter four, Saturn seven, and Herschel six. NWAD SATELLITE.2

2. A follower; an obsequious attendant or dependant. NWAD SATELLITE.3

SATELLITIOUS, a. Consisting of satellites. NWAD SATELLITIOUS.1

SATIATE, v.t. sa’shate. [L. satiatus, from satio. See Sate.] NWAD SATIATE.1

1. To fill; to satisfy appetite or desire; to feed to the full, or to furnish enjoyment to the extent of desire; as, to satiate appetite or sense. NWAD SATIATE.2

2. To fill to the extent of want; as, to satiate the earth or plants with water. NWAD SATIATE.3

3. To glut; to fill beyond natural desire. NWAD SATIATE.4

He may be satiated, but not satisfied. NWAD SATIATE.5

4. To gratify desire to the utmost. NWAD SATIATE.6

I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood. NWAD SATIATE.7

5. To saturate. [Not unusual. See Saturate.] NWAD SATIATE.8

SATIATE, a. Filled to satiety; glutted; followed by with or of. the former is most common; as satiate of applause. [Unusual.] NWAD SATIATE.9

SATIATION, n. The state of being filled. NWAD SATIATION.1

SATIETY, n. [L. satietas. See Sate.] NWAD SATIETY.1

Properly, fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or any sensual desire; but it usually implies fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or lothing; state of being glutted. NWAD SATIETY.2

In all pleasures there is satiety. NWAD SATIETY.3

- But thy words, with grace divine imbu’d, bring to their sweetness no satiety. NWAD SATIETY.4

SATIN, n. [Gr. L. sindon. Heb.] NWAD SATIN.1

A species of glossy silk cloth, of a thick close texture. NWAD SATIN.2

SATINET, n. NWAD SATINET.1

1. A thin species of satin. NWAD SATINET.2

2. A particular kind of woolen cloth. NWAD SATINET.3

SATIN-FLOWER, n. A plant of the genus Lunaria. NWAD SATIN-FLOWER.1

SATIN-SPAR, n. A mineral, fibrous limestone. NWAD SATIN-SPAR.1

SATIRE, n. [L. satira; so named from sharpness, pungency. See Satyriasis.] NWAD SATIRE.1

1. A discourse or poem in which wickedness or folly is exposed with severity. It differs from lampoon and pasquinade, in being general rather than personal. NWAD SATIRE.2

2. Severity of remark. It differs from sarcasm, in not expressing contempt or scorn. NWAD SATIRE.3

SATIRIC, SATIRICAL, a. [L. satiricus.] NWAD SATIRIC.1

1. Belonging to satire; conveying satire; as a satiric style. NWAD SATIRIC.2

2. Censorious; severe in language. NWAD SATIRIC.3

SATIRICALLY, adv. With severity of remark; with invective; with intention to censure. NWAD SATIRICALLY.1

SATIRIST, n. One who writes satire. NWAD SATIRIST.1

Wycherly, in his writings, is the sharpest satirist of his time. NWAD SATIRIST.2

SATIRIZE, v.t. To censure with keenness or severity. NWAD SATIRIZE.1

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. NWAD SATIRIZE.2

SATIRIZED, pp. Severely censured. NWAD SATIRIZED.1

SATIRIZING, ppr. Censuring with severity. NWAD SATIRIZING.1

SATISFACTION, n. [L. satisfactio. See Satisfy.] NWAD SATISFACTION.1

1. That state of the mind which results from the full gratification of desire; repose of mind or contentment with present possession and enjoyment. Sensual pleasure affords no permanent satisfaction. NWAD SATISFACTION.2

2. The act of pleasing or gratifying. NWAD SATISFACTION.3

The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of its desires - NWAD SATISFACTION.4

3. Repose of the mind on the certainty of any thing; that state which results from relief from suspense, doubt or uncertainty; conviction. NWAD SATISFACTION.5

What satisfaction can you have? NWAD SATISFACTION.6

4. Gratification; that which pleases. NWAD SATISFACTION.7

Exchanging solid quiet to obtain the windy satisfaction of the brain. NWAD SATISFACTION.8

5. That which satisfies; amends; recompense; compensation; indemnification; atonement. Satisfaction for damages, must be an equivalent; but satisfaction in many cases, may consist in concession or apology. NWAD SATISFACTION.9

6. Payment; discharge; as, to receive a sum in full satisfaction of a debt; to enter satisfaction on record. NWAD SATISFACTION.10

SATISFACTIVE, a. Giving satisfaction. [Little used or not at all.] NWAD SATISFACTIVE.1

SATISFACTORILY, adv. NWAD SATISFACTORILY.1

1. In a manner to give satisfaction or content. NWAD SATISFACTORILY.2

2. In a manner to impress conviction or belief. The crime was satisfactorily proved. NWAD SATISFACTORILY.3

SATISFACTORINESS, n. The power of satisfying or giving content; as the satisfactoriness of pleasure or enjoyment. NWAD SATISFACTORINESS.1

SATISFACTORY, a. NWAD SATISFACTORY.1

1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; particularly, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty and enabling it to rest with confidence; as, to give a satisfactory account of any remarkable transaction. A judge seeks for satisfactory evidence of guilt before he condemns. NWAD SATISFACTORY.2

2. Making amends, indemnification or recompose; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology for an offense. NWAD SATISFACTORY.3

- A most wise and sufficient means of salvation by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. NWAD SATISFACTORY.4

SATISFIED, pp. Having the desires fully gratified; made content. NWAD SATISFIED.1

SATISFIER, n. One that gives satisfaction. NWAD SATISFIER.1

SATISFY, v.t. [L. satisfacio; satis, enough, and facio, to make.] NWAD SATISFY.1

1. To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired. The demands of hunger may be easily satisfied; but who can satisfy the passion for money or honor? NWAD SATISFY.2

2. To supply fully what is necessary and demanded by natural laws; as, to satisfy with rain the desolate and waste ground. Job 38:27. NWAD SATISFY.3

3. To pay to content; to recompense or indemnify to the full extent of claims; as, to satisfy demands. NWAD SATISFY.4

He is well paid, that is, well satisfied. NWAD SATISFY.5

4. To appease by punishment; as, to satisfy rigor. NWAD SATISFY.6

5. To free from doubt, suspense or uncertainty; to cause the mind to rest in confidence by ascertaining the truth; as, to satisfy one’s self by inquiry. NWAD SATISFY.7

6. To convince. A jury must be satisfied of the guilt of a man, before they can justly condemn him. NWAD SATISFY.8

The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid and satisfying. NWAD SATISFY.9

7. To pay; to discharge; as, to satisfy an execution. NWAD SATISFY.10

Debts due to the United States are to be first satisfied. NWAD SATISFY.11

SATISFY, v.i. NWAD SATISFY.12

1. To give content. Earthly good never satisfies. NWAD SATISFY.13

2. To feed or supply to the full. NWAD SATISFY.14

3. To make payment. [But the intransitive use of this verb is generally elliptical.] NWAD SATISFY.15

SATISFYING, ppr. Giving content; feeding or supplying to the full extent of desire; convincing; paying. NWAD SATISFYING.1

SATIVE, a. [L. sativus, from sero, satum, to sow.] Sown in gardens. NWAD SATIVE.1

SATRAP, n. In Persia, an admiral; more generally, the governor of a province. NWAD SATRAP.1

SATRAPAL, a. Pertaining to a satrap or a satrapy. NWAD SATRAPAL.1

SATRAPESS, n. A female satrap. NWAD SATRAPESS.1

SATRAPY, n. The government or jurisdiction of a satrap. NWAD SATRAPY.1

SATURABLE, a. [See Saturate.] That may be saturated; capable of saturation. NWAD SATURABLE.1

SATURANT, a. [L. saturans.] Saturating; impregnating to the full. NWAD SATURANT.1

SATURANT, n. In medicine, a substance which neutralizes the acid in the stomach; an absorbent. NWAD SATURANT.2

SATURATE, v.t. [L. saturo, from satur, filled; satio, to feed to the full. See Sate.] NWAD SATURATE.1

1. To impregnate or unite with, till no more can be received. Thus an acid saturates an alkali, and an alkali saturates an acid, when the solvent can contain no more of the dissolving body. NWAD SATURATE.2

2. To supply or fill to fullness. NWAD SATURATE.3

SATURATED, pp. Supplied to fullness. NWAD SATURATED.1

SATURATING, ppr. Supplying to fullness. NWAD SATURATING.1

SATURATION, n. In a general sense, a filling or supply to fullness. In chimistry, the union, combination or impregnation of one body with another by natural attraction, affinity or mixture, till the receiving body can contain no more; or solution continued till the solvent can contain no more. The saturation of an alkali by an acid, is by affinity; the saturation of water by salt, is by solution. NWAD SATURATION.1

SATURDAY, n. NWAD SATURDAY.1

The last day of the week; the day next preceding the sabbath. NWAD SATURDAY.2

SATURITY, n. [L. saturitas. See Saturate.] NWAD SATURITY.1

Fullness of supply; the state of being saturated. [Little used.] NWAD SATURITY.2

SATURN, n. [L. saturnus.] NWAD SATURN.1

1. In mythology, one of the oldest and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra, (heaven and earth,) and the father of Jupiter. He answers to the Greek Chronus or Time. NWAD SATURN.2

2. In astronomy, one of the planets of the solar system, less in magnitude than Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy nine thousand miles, is mean distance from the sun somewhat more than nine hundred millions of miles and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty nine years and a half. NWAD SATURN.3

3. In the old chimistry, an appellation given to lead. NWAD SATURN.4

4. In heraldry, the black color in blazoning the arms of sovereign princes. NWAD SATURN.5

SATURANLIAN, a. [from L. saturnalia, feasts of Saturn.] NWAD SATURANLIAN.1

1. Pertaining to the festivals celebrated in honor of Saturn, Dec. 16, 17 or 18, in which men indulged in riot without restraint. Hence, NWAD SATURANLIAN.2

2. Loose; dissolute; sportive. NWAD SATURANLIAN.3

SATURNIAN, a. In fabulous history, pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age; hence, golden; happy; distinguished for purity, integrity and simplicity. NWAD SATURNIAN.1

Th’ Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times. NWAD SATURNIAN.2

SATURNINE, a. [L. Saturnus.] NWAD SATURNINE.1

1. Supposed to be under the influence of Saturn. Hence, NWAD SATURNINE.2

2. Dull; heavy; grave; not readily susceptible of excitement; phlegmatic; as a saturnine person or temper. NWAD SATURNINE.3

SATURNIST, n. A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. NWAD SATURNIST.1

SATURNITE, n. A metallic substance of recent discovery, separated from lead in torrefaction, resembling lead in its color, weight, solubility in acids, etc. but more fusible and brittle; easily scorified and volatilized. NWAD SATURNITE.1

SATYR, n. [L. satyrus; Gr. a monkey, a fawn.] NWAD SATYR.1

In mythology, a sylvan deity or demi-god, represented as a monster, half man and half goat, having horns on his head, a hairy body, with the feet and tail of a goat. Satyrs are usually found in the train of Bacchus, and have been distinguished for lasciviousness and riot. They have been represented as remarkable for their piercing eyes and keen raillery. NWAD SATYR.2

SATYRIASIS, n. [Gr. We observe in this word a connection with satire, in the sense of excitement, pungency.] NWAD SATYRIASIS.1

Immoderate venereal appetite. NWAD SATYRIASIS.2

SATYRION, n. A plant. NWAD SATYRION.1

SAUCE, n. [L. salsus, salt, from sal.] NWAD SAUCE.1

1. A mixture or composition to be eaten with food for improving its relish. NWAD SAUCE.2

High sauces and rich spices are brought from the Indies. NWAD SAUCE.3

2. In New England, culinary vegetables and roots eaten with flesh. This application of the word falls in nearly with the definition. NWAD SAUCE.4

Roots, herbs, vine-fruits, and salad-flowers - they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt. NWAD SAUCE.5

Sauce consisting of stewed apples, is a great article in some parts of New England; but cranberries make the most delicious sauce. NWAD SAUCE.6

To serve one the same sauce, is to retaliate one injury with another. [Vulgar.] NWAD SAUCE.7

SAUCE, v.t. NWAD SAUCE.8

1. To accompany meat with something to give it a higher relish. NWAD SAUCE.9

2. To gratify with rich tastes; as, to sauce the palate. NWAD SAUCE.10

3. To intermix or accompany with any thing good, or ironically, with any thing bad. NWAD SAUCE.11

Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings. NWAD SAUCE.12

Thou say’st his meat was sauc’d with thy upbraidings. NWAD SAUCE.13

4. To treat with bitter, pert or tart language. [Vulgar.] NWAD SAUCE.14

SAUCE-BOX, n. saus’-box. [from saucy.] A saucy impudent fellow. NWAD SAUCE-BOX.1

SAUCE-PAN, n. saus’-pan. A small pan for sauce, or a small skillet with a long handle, in which sauce or small things are boiled. NWAD SAUCE-PAN.1

SAUCER, n. NWAD SAUCER.1

1. A small pan in which sauce is set on a table. NWAD SAUCER.2

2. A piece of china or other ware, in which a tea cup or coffee cup is set. NWAD SAUCER.3

SAUCILY, adv. [from saucy.] Impudently; with impertinent boldness; petulantly. NWAD SAUCILY.1

SAUCINESS, n. Impudence; impertinent boldness; petulance; contempt of superiors. NWAD SAUCINESS.1

SAUCISSE, SAUCISSON, n. NWAD SAUCISSE.1

In mining or gunnery, a long pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and extending from the chamber of the mine to the entrance of the gallery. To preserve the powder from dampness, it is generally placed in a wooden pipe. It serves to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb-chests, etc. NWAD SAUCISSE.2

SAUCY, a. [from sauce; L. salsus, salt or salted. The use of this word leads to the primary sense of salt, which must be shooting forward, penetrating, pungent, for boldness is a shooting forward.] NWAD SAUCY.1

1. Impudent; bold to excess; rude; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt. It expresses more than pert; as a saucy boy; a saucy fellow. NWAD SAUCY.2

2. Expressive of impudence; as a saucy eye; saucy looks. NWAD SAUCY.3

SAUL, an old spelling of soul. NWAD SAUL.1

SAUNDERS. [See Sandal and Sanders.] NWAD SAUNDERS.1

SAUNTER, v.i. s’anter. NWAD SAUNTER.1

1. To wander about idly; as sauntering from place to place. NWAD SAUNTER.2

2. To loiter; to linger. NWAD SAUNTER.3

This must not run it into a lazy sauntering about ordinary things. NWAD SAUNTER.4

SAUNTERER, n. One that wanders about idly. NWAD SAUNTERER.1

SAUNTERING, ppr. Wandering about lazily or idly; loitering. NWAD SAUNTERING.1

SAURIAN, a. [Gr. a lizard.] Pertaining to lizards; designating an order of reptiles. NWAD SAURIAN.1

SAUSAGE, n. [L. salsus.] NWAD SAUSAGE.1

The intestine of an animal stuffed with minced meat and seasoned. NWAD SAUSAGE.2

SAUSSURITE, n. A mineral so named from Saussure, the discoverer, of a white gray or green color, found at the foot of mount Rosa. It approaches andalusite. NWAD SAUSSURITE.1

SAVABLE, a. [from save.] Capable of being saved. NWAD SAVABLE.1

SAVABLENESS, n. Capability of being saved. NWAD SAVABLENESS.1

SAVAGE, a. [L. silva, a wood, or silvicola, an inhabitant of a wood, or silvaticus.] NWAD SAVAGE.1

1. Pertaining to the forest; wild; remote from human residence and improvements; uncultivated; as a savage wilderness. NWAD SAVAGE.2

Cornels and savage berries of the wood. NWAD SAVAGE.3

2. Wild; untamed; as savage beasts of prey. NWAD SAVAGE.4

3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as savage life; savage manners. NWAD SAVAGE.5

What nation since the commencement of the christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without christianity? NWAD SAVAGE.6

4. Cruel; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as a savage spirit. NWAD SAVAGE.7

SAVAGE, n. NWAD SAVAGE.8

1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized or without cultivation of mind or manners. The savages of America, when uncorrupted by the vices of civilized men, are remarkable for their hospitality to strangers, and for their truth, fidelity and gratitude to their friends, but implacably cruel and revengeful towards their enemies. From this last trait of the savage character, the word came to signify, NWAD SAVAGE.9

2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian. NWAD SAVAGE.10

3. The name of a genus of fierce voracious flies. NWAD SAVAGE.11

SAVAGE, v.t. To make wild, barbarous or cruel. [Not well authorized and little used.] NWAD SAVAGE.12

SAVAGELY, adv. In the manner of a savage; cruelly; inhumanly. NWAD SAVAGELY.1

SAVAGENESS, n. NWAD SAVAGENESS.1

1. Wildness; an untamed, uncultivated or uncivilized state; barbarism. Hence, NWAD SAVAGENESS.2

2. Cruelty; barbarousness. NWAD SAVAGENESS.3

Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savageness aside, have done like offices of pity. NWAD SAVAGENESS.4

SAVAGERY, n. NWAD SAVAGERY.1

1. Wild growth, as of plants. NWAD SAVAGERY.2

2. Cruelty; barbarity. NWAD SAVAGERY.3

SAVAGISM, n. The state of rude uncivilized men; the state of men in their native wildness and rudeness. NWAD SAVAGISM.1

The greater part of modern philosophers have declared for the original savagism of men. NWAD SAVAGISM.2

SAVANNA, n. NWAD SAVANNA.1

An extensive open plain or meadow, or a plain destitute of trees. NWAD SAVANNA.2

SAVE, v.t. [L. 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, the first letter being changed. Gr. See Salt.] NWAD SAVE.1

1. To preserve from injury, destruction or evil of any kind; to rescue from danger; as, to save a house from the flames; to save a man from drowning; to save a family from ruin; to save a state from war. NWAD SAVE.2

He cried, saying Lord, save me. Matthew 14:30; Genesis 45:7. NWAD SAVE.3

2. To preserve from final and everlasting destruction; to rescue from eternal death. NWAD SAVE.4

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15. NWAD SAVE.5

3. To deliver; to rescue from the power and pollution of sin. NWAD SAVE.6

He shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21. NWAD SAVE.7

4. To hinder from being spent or lost; as, to save the expense of a new garment. Order in all affairs saves time. NWAD SAVE.8

5. To prevent. method in affairs saves much perplexity. NWAD SAVE.9

6. To reserve or lay by for preservation. NWAD SAVE.10

Now save a nation, and now save a groat. NWAD SAVE.11

7. To spare; to prevent; to hinder from occurrence. NWAD SAVE.12

Will you not speak to save a lady’s blush? NWAD SAVE.13

Silent and unobserv’d, to save his tears. NWAD SAVE.14

8. To salve; as, to save appearances. NWAD SAVE.15

9. To take or use opportunely, so as not to lose. The ship sailed in time to save the tide. NWAD SAVE.16

10. To except; to reserve from a general admission or account. NWAD SAVE.17

Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only. Joshua 11:13. NWAD SAVE.18

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes, save one. 2 Corinthians 11:24. NWAD SAVE.19

[Save is here a verb followed by an object. It is the imperative used without a specific nominative; but it is now less frequently used than except.] NWAD SAVE.20

SAVE, v.i. To hinder expense. NWAD SAVE.21

Brass ordinance saveth in the quantity of the material. NWAD SAVE.22

SAVEALL, n. [save and all.] A small pan inserted in a candlestick to save the ends of candles. NWAD SAVEALL.1

SAVED, pp. Preserved from evil; injury or destruction; kept frugally; prevented; spared; taken in time. NWAD SAVED.1

SAVELIN, n. A fish of the trout kind, having very small scales and a black back. NWAD SAVELIN.1

SAVER, n. NWAD SAVER.1

1. One that saves, preserves or rescues from evil or destruction; as the saver of the country. NWAD SAVER.2

2. One that escapes loss, but without gain. NWAD SAVER.3

3. One that is frugal in expenses; an economist. NWAD SAVER.4

SAVIN, n. 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. NWAD SAVIN.1

SAVING, ppr. NWAD SAVING.1

1. Preserving from evil or destruction; hindering from waste or loss; sparing; taking or using in time. NWAD SAVING.2

2. Excepting. NWAD SAVING.3

3. a. Frugal; not lavish; avoiding unnecessary expenses; economical; parsimonious. But it implies less rigorous economy than parsimonious; as a saving husbandman or housekeeper. NWAD SAVING.4

4. That saves in returns or receipts the principal or sum employed or expended; that incurs no loss, though not gainful; as a saving bargain. The ship has made a saving voyage. NWAD SAVING.5

5. That secures everlasting salvation; as saving grace. NWAD SAVING.6

SAVING, n. NWAD SAVING.7

1. Something kept from being expended or lost. NWAD SAVING.8

By reducing the interest of the debt, the nation makes a saving. NWAD SAVING.9

2. Exception; reservation. NWAD SAVING.10

Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. NWAD SAVING.11

SAVINGLY, adv. NWAD SAVINGLY.1

1. With frugality or parsimony. NWAD SAVINGLY.2

2. So as to be finally saved from eternal death; as savingly converted. NWAD SAVINGLY.3

SAVINGNESS, n. NWAD SAVINGNESS.1

1. Frugality; parsimony, caution not to expend money without necessity or use. NWAD SAVINGNESS.2

2. Tendency to promote eternal salvation. NWAD SAVINGNESS.3

SAVINGS BANK, n. A bank in which the savings or earnings of the poor are deposited and put to interest for their benefit. NWAD SAVINGS_BANK.1

SAVIOR, n. 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 death, and who is therefore called the Savior, by way of distinction, the Savior of men, the Savior of the world. General Washington may be called the saver, but not the savior of his country. NWAD SAVIOR.1

SAVOR, n. [L. sapor, sapio, to taste.] NWAD SAVOR.1

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; a sweet savor. NWAD SAVOR.2

I smell sweet savors - NWAD SAVOR.3

In Scripture, it usually denotes smell, scent, odor. Leviticus 26:31; Ecclesiastes 10:1. NWAD SAVOR.4

2. The quality which renders a thing valuable; the quality which renders other bodies agreeable to the taste. NWAD SAVOR.5

If the salt hath lost its savor - Matthew 5:13. NWAD SAVOR.6

3. In Scripture, character; reputation. Exodus 5:21 NWAD SAVOR.7

4. Cause; occasion. 2 Corinthians 2:14-16. NWAD SAVOR.8

Sweet savor, in Scripture, denotes that which renders a thing acceptable to God, or his acceptance. Hence, to smell a sweet savor, is to accept the offering or service. Genesis 8:21. NWAD SAVOR.9

SAVOR, v.i. NWAD SAVOR.10

1. To have a particular smell or taste. NWAD SAVOR.11

2. To partake of the quality or nature of; or to have the appearance of. The answers savor of a humble spirit; or they savor of pride. NWAD SAVOR.12

I have rejected every thing that savors of party. NWAD SAVOR.13

SAVOR, v.t. NWAD SAVOR.14

1. To like; to taste or smell with pleasure. NWAD SAVOR.15

2. To like; to delight in; to favor. Matthew 16:23. NWAD SAVOR.16

SAVORILY, adv. [from savory.] NWAD SAVORILY.1

1. With gust or appetite. NWAD SAVORILY.2

2. With a pleasing relish. NWAD SAVORILY.3