n. The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; sugar + &unr_;, &unr_;, a fungus. ] (Biol.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called
‖n. pl. (Biol.) A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sacerdotal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Satiety. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sacramental manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n.;
Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. sacrificatoire. ] Offering sacrifice. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n.
adv.
In go the spears full sadly in arest. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. sauveté. ]
Up led by thee,
Into the heaven I have presumed,
An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
Return me to my native element. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Would there were any safety in thy sex,
That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
And credit thy repentance! Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
Imprison him, . . .
Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually about 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear (driving) wheel by a multiplying gear. Since the 1930's this has been the most common type of bicycle, now simply called
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Safety arch (Arch.),
Safety belt,
Safety buoy,
Safety cage (Mach.),
Safety lamp. (Mining)
Safety match,
Safety pin,
Safety plug.
Safety switch.
Safety touchdown (Football),
Safety tube (Chem.),
Safety valve,
a. Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. Lord (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. sagacitas. See Sagacious. ] The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some [ brutes ] show that nice sagacity of smell. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Natural sagacity improved by generous education. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. sagatis: cf. Sp. sagatí, saetí. ] A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sage manner; wisely. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Sagittarius. ]
a. [ L. sagittarius. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Sagitta, and Cyst. ] (Zool.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of sage; seasoned with sage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mil.) Same as Saker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a sail. [ R. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or condition of being salable; salableness. Duke of Argyll. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. salacitas: cf. F. salacité ] Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. a period when a person is young and inexperienced. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Probably of American Indian origin. ] (Bot.) The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. salarius. ] Saline [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
This is hire and salary, not revenge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Roughness or ruggedness. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Salicin + -yl. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Salicylic + aldehide. ] (Chem.) A thin, fragrant, colorless oil,
n. (Chem.) A salt of salicylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also
n. [ Salicylic + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Salicylic + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) Same as Salicylal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being salient; hence, vigor. “A fatal lack of poetic saliency.” J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a salient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.