Emily Dickinson Lexicon

savor (-s), n. [OFr < L. sapōrem, taste.] (webplay: partake, taste).

Flavor; taste; sapor.

savory, adj. [ME < OFr savouré, sapid, fragrant.] (webplay: delight, partake, sweet).

1. Tasty; flavorful; appetizing; delicious.
2. [Fig.] holy; sacred; saintly; spiritually edifying; acceptable to God

saw, n. [OE.]

Serrated wood-cutting tool.

saw, v. [preterite form; past tense of see, v.]

saw (-ing), v. [see saw, n.]

Cut; scrape; rasp; grate; slice; incise.

Saxon, proper n. [Fr. < L.; poss. < OE sax, to cut < Germanic, sahso, weapon.]

Englishman; member of the Germanic tribe that conquered the Celts in Britain; [fig.] poetry; speech; English language; Old English personified; (see ED letters).

say, interj. [see say, v.]

Tell me; [fig.] behold; listen; hey.

say (-s, -ing, said, saith), v. [OE sęcgan < L. 'to tell'.]

1. To speak; to tell; to state.
2. To suppose.
3. To ask; to query.
4. To answer; to reply; to explain.
5. To think; to postulate; to prophesy.
6. To be written; cited.
7. To murmer; speak softly.
8. To intreat; to plead.
9. To warn.
10. To promise.
11. To shout.

scabbard, n. [AngFr.]

Sheath; case; cover for a sword; [fig.] eloquence; fluency; articulation.

scaffold (-s), n. [OFr schaffaut < L. uncertain 'wooden tower or gallery'.] (webplay: built, erect, plank, support).

Framework; supports; platform.