Emily Dickinson Lexicon

sake, n. [OE sacu, affair, lawsuit, enmity, guilt.]

1. Purpose, motive, cause (NW #1 of Sake).?????
2. Regard or consideration for some one.

salary, n. [Fr. < L. salārium, money allowed to Roman soldiers for the purchase of salt, hence, their pay.]

Fixed payment made periodically as compensation for regular work.

sale (-s), v. [OE < ON 'to sell'.]

The action or an act of selling or making over to another for a price; the exchange of a commodity for money or other valuable consideration.

sallow, adj. [OE salo, discoloured, dirty, dark-coloured.]

Sickly yellow or brownish color of the skin.

salubrious, adj. [L. salū-s, health + ous.]

Promoting health.

salute, n. [Fr. < L. 'to salute, health, safety, salvation'.]

1. An utterance, gesture, or action of any kind by which one person salutes another; a salutation.
2. A formal greeting of swordsmen when about to engage, consisting of a conventional series of guards, appels, thrusts, parries, parades.

salute (-s, saluting), v. [L. salūtāre, health.]

To address customarily with words expressive of good wishes, respect, or homage.

salvation, n. [OF sauvacion < L. 'to save'.]

Saving of the soul; deliverance from sin and its consequences; admission to eternal bliss, for man by the atonement of Christ.

same, adj. [ME < ON.]

1. Similar; comparable.
2. Identical; equal; just like.
3. Unchanging; actual.

same, adv. [see same, adj.]

Identical; equal; just like.