n. The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic. ]
Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity? E. D. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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. ]
A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley. [ 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 ]
a. [ F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic. ]
Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity? E. D. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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. ]
A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley. [ 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 ]