The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1420
Sal"vage (?; 48) , n. [F. salvage , OF. salver to save, F. sauver , fr. L. salvare . See Save .] 1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
Salvage of life from a british ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. Encyc. Brit.
2. (Maritime Law) (a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
Kent. Abbot.
Salvage <Xpage=1272>
Sal"vage , a. & n. Savage. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Salvation <Xpage=1272>
Sal*va"tion (?) , n. [OE. salvacioun , sauvacion , F. salvation , fr. L. salvatio , fr. salvare to save. See Save .] 1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
To earn salvation for the sons of men. Milton.
Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation . 2. Cor. vii. 10.
3. Saving power; that which saves.
Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. Ex. xiv. 13.
Salvation Army , an organization for prosecuting the work of Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male and female, have military titles according to rank, that of the chief being "General." They wear a uniform, and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi military style.
Salvationist <Xpage=1272>
Sal*va"tion*ist , n. An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.
Salvatory <Xpage=1272>
Sal"va*to*ry (?) , n. [LL. salvatorium , fr. salvare to save.] A place where things are preserved; a repository. [R.]
Sir M. Hale.
Salve <Xpage=1272>
Sal"ve (?) , interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.] Hail!
Salve <Xpage=1272>
Sal"ve (? ∨ ?) , v. t. To say " Salve " to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. Spenser.
Salve <Xpage=1272>
Salve (?; 277) , n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe , D. zalve , zalf , OHG. salba , Dan. salve , Sw. salva , Goth. salb<?/n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) <?/ oil, <?/ butter, Skr. sapris clarified butter. &root;155, 291.] 1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
Chaucer.
2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. Milton.
Salve bug (Zo\'94l.) , a large, stout isopod crustacean ( \'92ga psora ), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.
Salve <Xpage=1272>
Salve , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Salved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving .] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve , n. ] 1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial traetment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound .
Shak.
2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds. Spenser.
What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? Milton.
<-- salve one's conscience. salve one's wounded pride -->
Salve <Xpage=1272>
Salve (?) , v. t. & i. [See Salvage ] To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]
Salver <Xpage=1272>
Salv"er (?) , n. One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack. [Obs.]
Salver <Xpage=1272>
Sal"ver (?) , n. [Cf. Salvage .] A salvor.
Skeat.
Salver <Xpage=1272>
Sal"ver (?) , n. [Sp. salva pregustation, the tasting of viands before they are served, salver, fr. salvar to save, to taste, to prove the food or drink of nobles, from L. salvare to save. See Save .] A tray or waiter on which anything is presented. <-- now used mostly in compounds; e.g. tea salver -->
Salver-shaped <Xpage=1272>
Sal"ver-shaped` (?) , a. (Bot.) Tubular, with a speading border. See Hypocraterimorphous .
Salvia <Xpage=1272>
Sal"vi*a (?) , n. [L., sage.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage .
Salvific <Xpage=1272>
Sal*vif"ic (?) , a. [L. salficus saving; salvus saved, safe + facere to make.] Tending to save or secure safety. [Obs.]
Salvo <Xpage=1272>
Sal"vo (?) , n. ; pl. Salvos (#) . [L. salvo jure , literally, the right being reserved. See Safe. ] An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
They admit many salvos , cautions, and reservations. Eilon Basilike.
Salvo <Xpage=1272>
Sal"vo , n. [F. salve a discharge of heavy cannon, a volley, L. salve hail, imperat. of salvere to be well, akin to salvus well. See Safe .] 1. (Mil.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Salvor <Xpage=1272>
Sal"vor (?) , n. [See Salvation , Save ] (Law) One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.
Wheaton.
Sam <Xpage=1272>
Sam (?) , adv. [AS. same . See Same , a. ] Together. [Obs.] "All in that city sam ."
Spenser.
Samara <Xpage=1272>
Sa*ma"ra (? ∨ ?) , n. [L. samara , samera , the seed of the elm.] (Bot.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.
Samare <Xpage=1272>
Sam"are (?) , n. See Simar .
Samaritan <Xpage=1272>
Sa*mar"i*tan (?) , a. [L. Samaritanus .] Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.
Samarium <Xpage=1272>
Sa*ma"ri*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. E. samar skite.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.
&hand; Samarium was discovered, by means of spectrum analysis, in certain minerals ( samarskite , cerite , etc.), in which it is associated with other elements of the earthy group. It has been confounded with the donbtful elements decipium , philippium , etc., and is possibly a complex mixture of elements not as yet clearly identified. Symbol Sm. Provisional atomic weight 150.2. <-- a true element. Symb. Sa or Sm; At. No. 62; At. wt. 150.43. Valence 2 or 3. -->
Samaroid <Xpage=1272>
Sam"a*roid (?; 277) , a. [ Samara + -oid .] (Bot.) Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.
Samarra <Xpage=1272>
Sa*mar"ra (?) , n. See Simar .
Samarskite <Xpage=1272>
Sa*mar"skite (?) , a. [After Samarski , a Russian.] (Min.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
Sambo <Xpage=1272>
Sam"bo , n. [Sp. zambo , sambo .] A colloquial or humorous appelation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo. <-- deprecatory and impolite -->
Samboo <Xpage=1272>
Sam"boo (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Sumbur .
Sambucus <Xpage=1272>
Sam*bu"cus (?) , n. [L., an elder tree.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
Sambuke <Xpage=1272>
Sam"buke (?) , n. [L. sambuca , Gr. <?/.] (Mus.) An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.
Sambur <Xpage=1272>
Sam"bur (?) , n. [Hind. s\'bembar , s\'bebar .] (Zo\'94l.) An East Indian deer ( Rusa Aristotelis ) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow . The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa , as the Bornean sambur ( R. equina ).
Same <Xpage=1272>
Same (?) , a. [AS. same . adv.; akin to OS. sama , samo , adv., OHG. sam , a., sama , adv., Icel. samr , a., Sw. samme , samma , Dan. samme , Goth. sama , Russ. samui , Gr. <?/, Skr. sama , Gr. <?/ like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some , a., -some . &root;191. Cf. Anomalous , Assemble , Homeopathy , Homily , Seem , v. i. , Semi -, Similar , Some .] 1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Thou art the same , and thy years shall have no end. Ps. cii. 27.
2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
The ethereal vigor is in all the same . Dryden.
3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
What ye know, the same do I know. Job. xiii. 2.
Do but think how well the same he spends, Who spends his blood his country to relieve. Daniel.
&hand; Same is commonly preceded by the , this , or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with .
Bees like the same odors as we do. Lubbock.
[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. Macaulay.
Sameliness <Xpage=1272>
Same"li*ness (?) , n. Sameness, 2. [R.]
Bayne.
Sameness <Xpage=1272>
Same"ness , n. 1. The state of being the same, identity; abscence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like . "A sameness of the terms."
Bp. Horsley.
2. Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
Syn. -- Identity; identicalness; oneness.
Samette <Xpage=1272>
Sa*mette" (?) , n. See Samite . [Obs.]
Samian <Xpage=1272>
Sa"mi*an (?) , a. [L. Samius .] Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.
Fill high the cup with Samian wine. Byreon.
Samian earth , a species of clay from Samoa, formerly used in medicine as an astringent.
Samian <Xpage=1272>
Sa"mi*an , n. A native or inhabitant of Samos.
Samiel <Xpage=1272>
Sa"mi*el (?; 277) , n. [Turk. sam-yeli ; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. Simoom .] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
Samiot <Xpage=1272>
Sa"mi*ot (?) , a. & n. [Cf. F. samiote .] Samian.
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Samite <Xpage=1273>
Sa"mite (?) , a. [OF. samit , LL. samitum , examitum , from LGr. <?/, <?/ woven with six threads; Gr. <?/ six + <?/ a thread. See Six , and cf. Dimity .] A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.
Tennyson.
In silken samite she was light arrayed. Spenser.
Samlet <Xpage=1273>
Sam"let (?) , n. [Cf. Salmonet .] The parr.
Sammier <Xpage=1273>
Sam"mi*er (?) , n. A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning.
Knight.
Samoan <Xpage=1273>
Sa*mo"an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants. -- n. An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.
Samovar <Xpage=1273>
Sa"mo*var (?) , n. [Russ. samovar' .] A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.
<-- Samoyed. 1. A breed of medium-sized sled dogs, originating in Siberia, of white or cream color. 2. A Uralic language spoken by the Samoyed people. -->
Samoyedes <Xpage=1273>
Sam`oy*edes" (?) , n. pl. ; sing. Samoyede (<?/) . (Ethnol.) An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia. <-- also Samoyeds. -->
Samp <Xpage=1273>
Samp (?) , n. [From American Indian s\'bepac , saupac , made soft, or thinned.] An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
Sampan <Xpage=1273>
Sam"pan (?) , n. (Naut.) A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters. [Written also sanpan .]
Samphire <Xpage=1273>
Sam"phire (? ∨ ?; 277) , n. [F. l'herbe de Saint Pierre . See Saint , and Petrel .] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant ( Crithmum maritimum ). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
Hangs one that gathers samphire , dreadful trade! Scak.
(b) The species of glasswort ( Salicornia herbacea ); -- called in England marsh samphire . (c) A seashore shrub ( Borrichia arborescens ) of the West Indies .
Golden samphire . See under Golden .
Sample <Xpage=1273>
Sam"ple (?) , n. [OE. sample , asaumple , OF. essample , example , fr. L. exemplum . See Example , and cf. Ensample , Sampler .] 1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak.
Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. Fairfax.
2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples .
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. Woodward.
Syn. -- Specimen; example. See Specimen .
Sample <Xpage=1273>
Sam"ple , v. t. 1. To make or show something similar to; to match.
Bp. Hall.
2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloth .
Sampler <Xpage=1273>
Sam"pler (?) , n. [See Exampler , Exemplar .] 1. One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler .
2. A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how to make that W you bothered over. E. E. Hale.
Samshoo, Samshu <Xpage=1273>
Sam"shoo , Sam"shu (<?/) , n. [Chinese san-shao thrice fired.] A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
S. W. Williams.
Samson <Xpage=1273>
Sam"son (?) , n. An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii. ), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
Samson post . (a) (Naut.) A strong post resting on the keelson, and supporting a beam of the keelson, and supporting a beam of the deck; also, a temporary or movable pilar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. Brande & C. (b) In deepwell boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus.
Sanability <Xpage=1273>
San`a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness.
Sanable <Xpage=1273>
San"a*ble (?) , a. [L. sanabilis , fr. sanare to heal, fr. sanus sound, healthy. See Sane .] Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.
Syn. -- Remediable; curable; healable.
Sanableness <Xpage=1273>
San"a*ble*ness , n. The quality of being sanable.
Sanation <Xpage=1273>
Sa*na"tion (?) , n. [L. sanatio . See Sanable .] The act of healing or curing. [Obs.]
Wiseman.
Sanative <Xpage=1273>
San"a*tive (?) , a. [LL. sanativus .] Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory. -- San"a*tive*ness , n.
Sanatorium <Xpage=1273>
San`a*to"ri*um (?) , n. [NL. See Sanatory .] An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium .
Sanatory <Xpage=1273>
San"a*to*ry (?) , a. [LL. sanatorius , fr. L. sa<?/are to heal. See Sanable .] Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.
Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. De Quincey.
&hand; Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded. Sanatory signifies conducive to health , while sanitary has the more general meaning of pertaining to health .
Sanbenito <Xpage=1273>
San`be*ni"to (?) , n. [Sp. & Pg. sambenito , contr. from L. saccus sack + benedictus blessed.] 1. Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitens on being reconciled to the church.
2. A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-f\'82.
Sance-bell, Sanctte bell <Xpage=1273>
Sance"-bell" (?) , Sanct"te bell" (?) , n. See Sanctus bell , under Sanctus .
Sanctificate <Xpage=1273>
Sanc"ti*fi*cate (?) , v. t. [L. sanctificatus , p.p. of sanctificare .] To sanctify. [Obs.]
Barrow.
Sanctification <Xpage=1273>