Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SAINT'ED, pp.

1. Canonized; enrolled among the saints.
2. adj. Holy; pious; as, thy father was a most sainted king. – Shak.
3. Sacred; as, the gods on sainted hills. – Milton.

SAINT'ESS, n.

A female saint. Fisher.

SAINT'ING, ppr.

Canonizing; enrolling among the saints.

SAINT-JOHN'S-BREAD, n. [SAINT JOHN'S BREAD.]

A plant of the genus Ceratonia.

SAINT-JOHN'S-WORT, n. [SAINT JOHN'S WORT.]

A plant of the genus Hypericum.

SAINT-LIKE, a. [saint and like.]

1. Resembling a saint; as, a saintlike prince. Bacon.
2. Suiting a saint; becoming a saint. Gloss'd over only with a saintlike show. – Dryden.

SAINT'LY, a.

Like a saint; becoming a holy person; as, wrongs with saintly patience borne. Milton.

SAINT-PE'TER'S-WORT, n.

A plant of the genus Ascyrum, and another of the genus Hypericum.

SAINT'S'-BELL, n. [SAINT'S' BELL.]

A small bell rung in churches when the priest repeats the words sancte, sancte, sancte, Deus sabaoth, that persons absent might fall on their knees in reverence of the holy office. – Bp. Hall.

SAINT'-SEEM-ING, a.

Having the appearance of a saint. – Mountagu.

SAINT'SHIP, n.

The character or qualities of a saint.

SA-JENE', n. [written also Sagene. Tooke writes it Sajene.]

A Russian measure of length, equal to seven feet English measure.

SAKE, n. [Sax. sac, saca, sace, sacu, contention, discord, a suit or action at law, cause in court, hence the privilege which a lord had of taking cognizance of suits in his own manor; sacan, to contend, to strive; Goth. sakan, to rebuke, chide, upbraid; D. zaak, cause, case, thing, business, affair; G. sache, matter, thing; eines sache führen, to plead one's cause; ursache, cause, reason, motive; Sw. sak and orsak, id.; Dan. sag, cause, thing, affair, matter, case, suit, action; Ch. עםק, to contend, to strive, to seek; Heb. עשק, to press or oppress; Ch. to accuse, to criminate. Class Sg, No. 46, 92. The primary sense is to strain, urge, press, or drive forward, and this is from the same root as seek, essay, and L. sequor, whence we have pursue and prosecute. We have analogous words in cause, thing, and the L. res. Its Saxon sense is no longer in use, that is, cause, action, suit, a seeking or demand in court; but we use it in a sense nearly similar, though differently applied.]

1. Final cause; end; purpose; or rather the purpose of obtaining. I open a window for the sake of air, that is, to obtain it, for the purpose of obtaining air. I read for the sake of instruction, that as, to obtain it. Sake then signifies, primarily, effort to obtain, and secondarily, purpose of obtaining. The hero fights for the sake of glory; men labor for the sake of subsistence or wealth.
2. Account; regard to any person or thing. I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake. – Gen. viii. Save me for thy mercies' sake. – Ps. vi.

SA'KER, n. [Fr. sacre.]

1. A hawk; a species of falcon.
2. A piece of artillery. – Hudibras.

SAK'ER-ET, n.

The male of the saker-hawk. – Bailey.

SAL, n. [See Salt.]

Salt; a word much used in chimistry and pharmacy.

SAL'A-BLE, a. [from sale.]

That may be sold; that finds a ready market; being in good demand.

SAL'A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being salable.

SAL'A-BLY, adv.

In a salable manner.

SA-LA'CIOUS, a. [L. salax, from the root of sal, salt; the primary sense of which is shooting, penetrating, pungent, coinciding probably with L. salio, to leap. Salacious then is highly excited, or prompt to leap.]

Lustful; lecherous. – Dryden.

SA-LA'CIOUS-LY, adv.

Lustfully; with eager animal appetite.

SA-LA'CIOUS-NESS, or SA-LAC'I-TY, n.

Lust; lecherousness; strong propensity to venery. Brown.

SAL'AD, n. [Fr. salade; Arm. saladenn; It. insalata; Sp. ensalada, that is, literally, salted; D. salaade; G. and Sw. salat; Dan. salad.]

Raw herbs, usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil or spices, and eaten for giving a relish to other food. Leaves eaten raw, are termed salad. – Watts.

SAL'AD-ING, n.

Vegetables for salads. – Cheyne.

SAL-A-LEM'BROTH, n.

A compound of corrosive sublimate of mercury, and sal ammoniacum, in the proportions of two equivalents of the former, to one of the latter.