Saururæ
(||Sau*ru"ræ) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + a tail.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of birds having a
long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archæopteryx is the type. See Archæopteryx, and
Odontornithes.
Saury
(Sau"ry) n.; pl. Sauries [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus)
of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook,
skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
Sausage
(Sau"sage) n. [F. saucisse, LL. salcitia, salsicia, fr. salsa. See Sauce.]
1. An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical
case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.
2. A saucisson. See Saucisson. Wilhelm.
Sauseflem
(Sau"se*flem) a. [OF. saus salt (L. salsus) + flemme phlegm.] Having a red, pimpled
face. [Obs.] [Written also sawceflem.] Chaucer.
Saussurite
(Saus"sur*ite) n. [F. So called from M. Saussure.] (Min.) A tough, compact mineral, of a
white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced
by the alteration of feldspar.
Saut
(Saut, Saute) , n. An assault. [Obs.]
Saute
(||Sau`te") p. p. of Sauter. C. Owen.
Sauter
(||Sau`ter") v. t. [F., properly, to jump.] To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing
it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat.
Sauter
(Sau"ter) n. Psalter. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Sauterelle
(Sau`te*relle) n. [F.] An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
Sauterne
(Sau`terne") n. [F.] A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France.
Sautrie
(Sau"trie) n. Psaltery. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sauvegarde
(||Sau`ve*garde") n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The monitor.
Savable
(Sav"a*ble) a. [From Save. Cf. Salvable.] Capable of, or admitting of, being saved.
In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition of being in a savable condition.
Jer.
Taylor. Savableness
(Sav"a*ble*ness), n. Capability of being saved.
Savacioun
(Sa*va"ci*oun`) n. Salvation. [Obs.]
Savage
(Sav"age) 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.
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
Cornels, and savage berries of the wood.
Dryden.
