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;
n. (Mus.) A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe
n.;
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the saxicavas. --
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 (