*sava*

n. [ F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in the language of Haiti. ] 1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies, tropical America, and Africa. The bitter (Manihot utilissima) is the more important; this has a poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet (Manihot Aipi) is used as a table vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ Cf. Disadvance. ] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. piasaba. ] A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piaçaba and piasaba. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Save. Cf. Salvable. ] Capable of, or admitting of, being saved. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition of being in a savable condition. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of being saved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Salvation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity? E. D. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See Ferocious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make savage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a savage manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wolves and bears, they say,
Casting their savageness aside have done
Like offices of pity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sauvagerie. ] 1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. [ 1913 Webster ]

A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The tarpum. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane. ] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [ Spelt also savannah. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. Dampier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. --
Savanna sparrow (Zool.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. --
Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Savants [ F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See Sage, a. ] A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half savage. [ 1913 Webster ]