Saturnian Sa·tur"ni·an adjective [ Latin
Saturnius .]
1. (Roman Myth.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age . 2. Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment. Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times.
Pope. 3. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year. Saturnian verse (Pros.) ,
a meter employed by early Roman satirists, consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: -- Thĕ quēen Saturnian Sa·tur"ni·an noun (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus .
Saturnicentric Sat`urn·i·cen"tric adjective (Astron.) Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.
Saturnine Sat"ur·nine adjective [ Latin
Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planet Saturn: confer French
saturnin of or pertaining to lead (Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead),
saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See
Saturn .]
1. Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn. 2. Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial ; as, a saturnine person or temper. Addison. 3. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn . [ Archaic]
Saturnine colic (Medicine) ,
lead colic.
Saturnism Sat"ur·nism noun (Medicine) Plumbism. Quain.
Saturnist Sat"ur·nist noun A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. W. Browne.
Satyr Sa"tyr noun [ Latin
satyrus , Greek ...: confer French
satyre .]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness. Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
Milton. 2. (Zoology) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidę . Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns . 3. (Zoology) The orang- outang.
Satyriasis Sat`y·ri"a·sis noun [ Latin , from Greek .... See
Satyr .]
Immoderate venereal appetite in the male. Quain.
Satyric, Satyrical Sa·tyr"ic, Sa·tyr"ic·al adjective [ Latin
satyricus , Greek
satyriko`s .]
Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy. P. Cyc.
Satyrion Sa·tyr"i·on noun [ Latin , from Greek
saty`rion .]
(Botany) Any one of several kinds of orchids. [ Obsolete]
Sauba ant Sau"ba ant` (Zoology) A South American ant ( Œcodoma cephalotes ) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.
Sauce Sauce noun [ French, from Old French
sausse , Late Latin
salsa , properly, salt pickle, from Latin
salsus salted, salt, past participle of
salire to salt, from
sal salt. See
Salt , and confer
Saucer ,
Souse pickle,
Souse to plunge.]
1. A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce ; sweet sauce , etc. "Poignant
sauce ."
Chaucer. High sauces and rich spices fetched from the Indies.
Sir S. Baker. 2. Any garden vegetables eaten with meat. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Forby. Bartlett. Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers . . . they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt.
Beverly. 3. Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce , cranberry sauce , etc. [ U.S.] "Stewed apple
sauce ."
Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book). 4. Sauciness; impertinence. [ Low.]
Haliwell. To serve one the same sauce ,
to retaliate in the same kind. [ Vulgar]
Sauce Sauce (sas)
transitive verb [ Confer French
saucer .] [
imperfect & past participle Sauced (sast);
present participle & verbal noun Saucing (sa"sĭng).]
1. To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor. 2. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to. [ R.]
Earth, yield me roots;
Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate
With thy most operant poison!
Shak. 3. To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings.
Sir P. Sidney. Thou sayest his meat was sauced with thy upbraidings.
Shak. 4. To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to. [ Colloq. or Low]
I'll sauce her with bitter words.
Shak.
Sauce Sauce (sōs)
noun [ French]
(Fine Art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Sauce-alone Sauce"-a·lone` noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
(Botany) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack .
Saucebox Sauce"box` noun [ See
Sauce , and
Saucy .]
A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child. Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan,
And prate not here!
A. Brewer.
Saucepan Sauce"pan` noun A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
Saucer Sau"cer noun [ French
saucičre , from
sauce . See
Sauce .]
1. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [ Obsolete]
Bacon. 2. A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table. 3. Something resembling a saucer in shape. Specifically:
(a) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships. (b) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Saucily Sau"ci·ly adverb In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness. Addison.
Sauciness Sau"ci·ness noun The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence. Your sauciness will jest upon my love.
Shak. Syn. -- Impudence; impertinence; rudeness; insolence. See
Impudence .
Saucisson, Saucisse Sau`cis`son", Sau`cisse" noun [ French, from
saucisse sausage. See
Sausage .]
1. (Mining or Gun.) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc. 2. (Fort.) A fascine of more than ordinary length.
Saucy Sau"cy adjective [
Compar. Saucier ;
superl. Sauciest .] [ From
Sauce .]
1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow. Am I not protector, saucy priest?
Shak. 2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks. We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs.
Shak. Syn. -- Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.
Sauerkraut Sauer"kraut` noun [ G., from
sauer sour +
kraut herb, cabbage.]
Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.
Sauf Sauf adjective Safe. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Sauf Sauf conj. & preposition Save; except. [ Obsolete] "
Sauf I myself."
Chaucer.
Saufly Sauf"ly adverb Safely. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Sauger Sau"ger noun (Zoology) An American fresh-water food fish ( Stizostedion Canadense ); -- called also gray pike , blue pike , hornfish , land pike , sand pike , pickering , and pickerel .
Saugh, Sauh Saugh, Sauh obsolete
imperfect sing. of See . Chaucer.
Sauks Sauks noun plural (Ethnol.) Same as Sacs .
Saul Saul noun Soul. [ Obsolete]
Saul Saul noun Same as Sal , the tree.
Saulie Sau"lie noun A hired mourner at a funeral. [ Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
Sault Sault noun [ Old French , French
saut , from Latin
saltus . See
Salt a leap.]
A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie. [ U.S.]
Bartlett.
Saunders Saun"ders noun See Sandress .
Saunders-blue Saun"ders-blue` noun [ Corrupted from French
cendres bleues blue ashes.]
A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper. [ Written also
sanders-blue .]
Saunter Saun"ter intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sauntered ;
present participle & verbal noun Sauntering .] [ Written also
santer .] [ Probably from French
s'aventurer to adventure (one's self), through a shortened form
s'auntrer . See
Adventure ,
noun & v. ]
To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter. One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.
Masson. Syn. -- To loiter; linger; stroll; wander.
Saunter Saun"ter noun A sauntering, or a sauntering place. That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.
Young.
Saunterer Saun"ter·er noun One who saunters.
Saur Saur noun [ Contracted from Gael.
salachar filth, nastiness, from
salach nasty, from
sal filth, refuse.]
Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse. [ Prov. Eng.]
Saurel Sau"rel noun (Zoology) Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus , especially T. trachurus , or T. saurus , of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack , and horse mackerel .
Sauria Sau"ri·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a lizard.]
(Zoology) A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.
Saurian Sau"ri·an adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria. --
noun One of the Sauria.
Saurioid Sau"ri·oid adjective (Zoology) Same as Sauroid .
Saurobatrachia Sau"ro·ba·tra"chi·a noun plural [ New Latin See
Sauria , and
Batrachia .]
(Zoology) The Urodela.
Saurognathous Sau·rog"na·thous adjective [ Greek ... a lizard + ... the jaw.]
(Zoology) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers ( Pici ).
Sauroid Sau"roid adjective [ Greek ... a lizard +
-oid : confer Greek ... lizardlike.]
(Zoology) (a) Like or pertaining to the saurians. (b) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.
Sauroidichnite Sau`roid·ich"nite noun [ See
Sauroid , and
Ichnite .]
(Paleon.) The fossil track of a saurian.
Sauropoda Sau·rop"o·da noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a lizard +
-poda .]
(Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
Sauropsida Sau·rop"si·da noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a lizard + ... appearance.]
(Zoology) A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.
Sauropterygia Sau·rop`te·ryg"i·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a lizard + ..., ..., a wing.]
(Paleon.) Same as Plesiosauria .
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