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n. [ L. Angli-Saxones English Saxons. ] 1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or “Old”) Saxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is quite correct to call Æthelstan “King of the Anglo-Saxons, ” but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan “an Anglo-Saxon” is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The language of the English people before the Norman conquest in 1066 (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
Syn. -- Old English [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in "WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. seax a knife. ] A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saxatilis, fr. saxum a rock: cf. F. saxatile. ] Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. saxicavas L. Saxicavae [ NL. See Saxicavous. ] (Zool.) Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the saxicavas. -- n. A saxicava. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saxum rock + cavare to make hollow, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave. ] (Zool.) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saxum a rock + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Saxicoline. ] (Bot.) Growing on rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage. ] (Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Saxifrage. ] Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [ R. ] -- n. That which breaks or destroys stones. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras, Saxon. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga). --
Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the United States. See also under Golden. --
Meadow saxifrage, or
Pepper saxifrage. See under Meadow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saxifragus: cf. F. saxifrage. See Saxifrage. ] Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Saxo, pl. Saxones, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr. seax a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG. sahs, and perhaps to L. saxum rock, stone, knives being originally made of stone); and cf. G. Sachse, pl. Sachsen. Cf. Saxifrage. ] 1. (a) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries. (b) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon. (c) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Saxon, the Saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the “Heliand”, a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. (b) Anglo-Saxon. (c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saxon blue (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C. --
Saxon green (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in the Saxon language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Mountain soap, under Mountain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after the kingdom of Saxony, reputed to produce fine wool. ] 1. A kind of glossy woolen cloth formerly much used. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ A.A.J. Sax, the inventor (see Saxhorn) + Gr. &unr_; tone. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Saxhorn, and Tube. ] (Mus.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba. [ 1913 Webster ]