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  • English Word Savory Definition Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.
  • English Word Savory Definition An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory.
  • English Word Savoy Definition A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.
  • English Word Savoyard Definition A native or inhabitant of Savoy.
  • English Word Saw Definition imp. of See.
  • English Word Saw Definition Something said; speech; discourse.
  • English Word Saw Definition A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
  • English Word Saw Definition Dictate; command; decree.
  • English Word Saw Definition An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
  • English Word Saw Definition To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
  • English Word Saw Definition To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
  • English Word Saw Definition Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
  • English Word Saw Definition To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
  • English Word Saw Definition To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
  • English Word Saw Definition To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
  • English Word Saw Definition of See
  • English Word Saw palmetto Definition See under Palmetto.
  • English Word Saw-set Definition An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest.
  • English Word Saw-toothed Definition Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
  • English Word Saw-whet Definition A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
  • English Word Saw-wort Definition Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
  • English Word Saw-wrest Definition See Saw-set.
  • English Word Sawarra nut Definition See Souari nut.
  • English Word Sawbelly Definition The alewife.
  • English Word Sawbill Definition The merganser.
  • English Word Sawbones Definition A nickname for a surgeon.
  • English Word Sawbuck Definition A sawhorse.
  • English Word Sawceflem Definition See Sauseflem.
  • English Word Sawder Definition A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
  • English Word Sawdust Definition Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.