The most characteristic species is A. tridentata, which 
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sage-brush (saj'brush), . A collective name sagenite (saj'en-it), ti. [F. ga<;r''it<: < 1^. xit- 
of various species of ArtrmMa which cover im- gain, < Gr. mi;7/w/, a large drag-net, + -**.] 
mense areas on the dry, often alkaline, plains Aeicular crystals of rutile crossing each other 
and mountains of the western United States, at angles of about (iO, and giving a reticulated 
They arc dry, shrubby, and bushy plants with a hoary sage- appearance, whence the name (see futile); also, 
like aspect, but without botanical afflnity_with_the sage, rock-crystal inclosing a fine web of rutile nee- 
dles ; sometimes, also, similar acicular forms of 
some other mineral, as asbestos, tourmalin, etc. 
sagenitic (saj-e-nit'ik), . [< xagrnite + -('<-.] 
Noting quartz containing acicular crystals of 
other materials, most commonly rutile, also 
tourmalin, actinolite, and the like. 
Sagenopteris (saj-e-nop'te-ris), . [NL., < Gr. 
rra}7/i'J7, a fishing-net, + ir-epif, a fern.] The ge- 
neric name given by Presl, in 1838, to an aquatic 
fossil plant probably belonging to the rhizo- 
carps, and closely allied to the somewhat wide- 
ly distributed and in Australia specifically im- 
portant genus Marsilca. It is found in the Up- 
per Trias, Rheetic, and Lias of various parts of 
Europe and in America. 
sage-rabbit (saj'raVit), . A small hare 
\2^ ~W/>$L^ tM \i\tflf abounding in western North America, Lepus ar- 
\\' LtfiP^ <% M WTtya, temittia : so called from its habitat, which cor- 
jaf \t J * ^JVlffM^I |^^ responds to the regions where sage-brush is 
W HRML ^%\i / ]f tne characteristic vegetation. It is the west- 
\ i$*^ CX\ I fl/ ern representative of the common molly-cotton- 
\ KW M. ia ^fi I/ tail, L. sylvaticus, from which it differs little. 
Sageretia (saj-e-re'ti-a), . [NL. (Brongniart, 
1827), named after Augustin Sagcret (1763- 
1852).] A genus of polypetalous plants of the 
order Rhamnaceie and tribe Bliamnex. It is char- 
acterized by opposite leaves, the flowers on opposite di- 
varicate branches forming a terminal panicle, the calyx- 
tubes hemispherical or urn-shaped and lined inside by a 
flve-lobed disk which bears the five stamens on its edge 
and surrounds a free three-celled ovoid ovary. There 
are about 12 species, natives of warmer parts of the Unit- 
ed States, of Java, and of central and southern Asia. They 
are shrubs with slender or rigid opposite branches, either 
with or without thorns, and commonly projecting at right 
angles to the stem. They bear short-stalked oblong or 
ovate leaves with netted veins, not triple-nerved as often 
in the related Ceanothus, and furnished with minute stip- 
ules. The flowers are very small, each with five hooded 
and stalked petals, and followed by small globose drupes 
containing three hard nutlets. S. theezans, of China and 
Begyn to synge, Amintas thou ; the Efu)t In(] . , g & th shruh with brl g ht .g r een ovate 
For why? thy wyt is best , eav the ({a of the Cninesc amollg whom it8 IeaTe8 ,. 
- m * ny .v-*"-' 7 ?K 1 y said to be used by the poorer classes as a substitute for tea. 
w,thm th,ne **+ . sage-rose (saj'roz), . It. A plant of the genus 
Cistus. 2. An evergreen shrub, Turnera tilmi- 
folia, of tropical America. It has handsome yellow 
flowers, and is sometimes cultivated in greenhouses. Also 
Sage-brush ( Arttmisia tridmtafa). 
i, upper part of the stem with the heads; 3, lower part of the stem 
with the leaves, a, a flower ; b, a head ; c, a leaf. 
grows from 1 to 6 and even 12 feet high, and is prodigious- 
ly abundant. A smaller species is A. trijida, and a dwarf, 
A. arbuscvla. Also sage-bush (perhaps applied more in- 
dividually), mid sage, and sayewood. 
sage-bush (saj'bush), n. Same as sage-brush. 
sage-cock (saj'kok), n. The cock of the plains; 
the male sage-grouse. See cut under Centro- 
cercus. 
sagedt, a. [< sage 1 + -c<ft.'\ Wise. 
, Amintas thou ; 
sage-green (saj'gren), . A graymixed with just 
enough pure green to be recognized as green. 
sage-grouse (saj ' grous), . A large North 
American grouse, Centrocercus nropliasianus, 
characteristic of the sage-brush regions ot! 
western North America. It is the largest grouse of 
that country, and nearly the largest bird of the family Te- 
traonidte, though exceeded in size by the capercaillie. It 
feeds chiefly on the buds and leaves of Artemisia, from 
which its flesh acquires a bitter taste, and also on insects, 
especially grasshoppers, in consequence of which diet the 
stomach is much less muscular than is usual in this order 
of birds. See cut under Ccntrocercitx. 
sage-hare (saj'har), . Same as sage-rabbit. 
sage-hen (saj'hen), . The female of the sage- 
grouse; also, this grouse without regard to sex. 
Sage-hens might have been easily shot, but their flesh 
is said to be tough and ill-flavoured. 
W. Shepherd, Prairie Experiences, p. 64. 
sagely (saj'li), ndr. In a sage manner; wisely; 
with just discernment and prudence. 
Sober he seemde, and very sagely sad. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 29. 
To whom our Saviour safely thus replied. 
Milton, P. R., iv. 285. 
Sagenaria (saj-e-na'ri-a), . [NL. (Brongniart, 
1822), < L. sagena, < Gr. aayfrv/, a large fish- 
ing-net: see sagene 1 .'] A former genus of fos- 
holly-rose. [West Indies.] 
sage-sparrow (saj'spar"6), n. A fringilline 
bird of the ge- 
nus Amphispi- 
za, characteris- 
tic of the sage- 
brush of west- 
ern North 
America. There 
are two distinct 
species, the black- 
throated, A. biline- 
ata, and Bell's, A. 
belli. A variety of 
the latter is some- 
times distinguish- 
ed as A. b. nevaden- 
sis. These birds 
were placed in the 
genus Poospiza, with which they have little in common, 
until the genus Amphispiza (Coues, 1874) was formed for 
their reception. 
_,_n. [ME.,<OF.sagesse, wisdom, <sage, 
see sage 1 .] Wisdom; sageness. 
I hold it no gret wisdome ne sagesse 
To ouermoche suffre sorew and paine. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 6224. 
Sage-spa rroi 
,Ampttispixa Hltt 
male adult. 
wise: 
sil plants, occurring in the coal-measures, now sage-thrasher (saj'thrash'er), n. The moun- 
tain mocking-bird of western North America, 
Oreoscoptes montanm: so 
called because it is abun- 
dant in sage-brush, and 
has a spotted breast like 
the common thrasher. See 
cut under Oreoscoptes. 
united with Lepidodcndroii . 
The last [Goldenbergl flTes the characters of Lepidoden- 
dron, Sageiiaito, Aspidiaria, and Bergeria from the rela- 
tive position of the bolsters and the mode of attachment 
of the leaves, either on the top or on the middle of the 
cicatrices. These characters being unreliable, the classifi- 
cation has not been admitted by any recent Phyto-pahe- 
ontologist. Lesquereux, Coal Flora, p. 366. 
sagene 1 (sa-jen'), n. [< l^. sagena, <. Gr. aayffuri, a sage-tree (saj' tre), . See 
large fishing-net: aeeseine.] A fishing-net; a net. Psyehotria. 
Iron roads are tearing up the surface of Europe, . . . 
their great myene is drawing and twitching the ancient 
frame and strength of England together. 
Rmkin, Modern Painters (ed. 1846), ii. S. 
sagene- (sa-jen'). n. [= F. xagenc, < Russ. sa- 
:liein.'] The fundamental unit of Russian long 
measure, fixed by a ukase of Peter the Great at 
7 feet English measure. Also sajene. lacirar (sae'ar) 
sageness (saj'nes), n. The quality of being *%** ' of mf, 
sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity. 
We are not to this ende borne that we should seeme to be 
created for play and pastime: but we are rather borne to 
ftageneitse, and to uertaine graver and greater studies. 
Northbronlte, Dicing (1577). (Xares.) 
sage-willow (saj'wil'6), n. 
A dwarf gray American 
willow, Salt* tristis, grow- 
ing in tufts from a strong 
root. 
sagewood (saj 'wild), n. 
Same as xagr-hrusli. 
; . [A re- 
duction of safeguard; of. 
xfti/iiarfl.'] A box or case 
of hard pottery in which 
porcelain and other deli- 
cate ceramic wares are 
sagittal 
inclosed for baking. The object <>f the saggar is t<> 
protect the vessel within from smoke, irregularities of 
heat, and the like. Saggars are usually so made that the 
bottom of one forms the cover of the next, and they art- 
then piled in vertical columns. They vary in form and 
size according to the objects to be contained. Also sag- 
ger, seggar, and case. 
Vessels resembling the crucibles or seggars of porcelain 
works. Workshop Receipts, 2d ser., p. 407. 
saggar (sag'ar), r. I. [< xaggnr. .] In ccrmn.. 
to place in or upon a saggar. 
saggard (sag'ard), w. [A reduction of anjeyuiu-tl 
(formerly also saj'egard} which is used in vari- 
ous particular senses: see safeguard. Cf. sag- 
gar.] 1. Same as safeguard, 4. HalJiwell atnl 
Wright (under srggartl). 2. A rough vessel in 
which all crockery, fine or coarse, is placed 
when taken to the oven for firing. Hulliirrll. 
[Prov. Eng. (Staffordshire).] 
saggar-house (sag'ar-hous), . In ccrani., a 
house in which unbaked vessels of biscuit are 
put into saggars, in which they are to be fired. 
sagging (sag'ing), . That form of breakage 
in which the middle part sinks more than the 
extremities : opposed to hogging. 
saghet, A Middle English form of sail- 2 . 
saghtelt, saghetylt, r. See settle'*. 
Sagina (sa-jl'na), u. [NL. (Linnaeus, 1737), so 
called in allusion to its abundant early growth 
on the thin rocky soil of the Roman Campagna, 
where it long furnished the spring food of the 
large flocks of sheep kept there; < L. sagi- 
na, fattening: see saginatc.] A genus of poly- 
petalous plants of the order Caryopliyllese, the 
pink family, and of the tribe Alshiex. It is char- 
acterized by having four or five sepals, a one-celled ovary 
hearing four or five styles and splitting in fruit into as 
many valves, both styles and valves alternate with the 
sepals, and by the absence of stipules and sometimes of 
petals, which when present are entire and four or five in 
number. There are about 9 species, natives of temperate 
and colder parts of the northern hemisphere, with one spe- 
cies, 5. procumbent, also widely diffused through the south- 
ern hemisphere. They are annual or perennial close-tufted 
little herbs with awl-shaped leaves ; the herbage is at first 
tender, but later forms dry wiry mats, with minute white 
flowers generally raised on long pedicels. A general name 
for the species is pearlwort. S. glabra is a minute but 
beautiful alpine species of Europe, which in the garden 
can be formed into a velvety carpet, in spring and early 
summer dotted with white blossoms. 
saginatet (saj'i-nat), r. t. [< L. saginatus, pp. of 
saginare ( > It. saginare, sayginarc = Pg. saginar) , 
stuff, cram, fatten, < sagina, stuffing, cramming; 
akin to Gr. adrTeiv, stuff, cram.] To pamper; 
glut; fatten. Slount, Glossographia. 
saginationt (saj-i-na'shon), n. [< L. sagina- 
tio(n-), a fattening, < saginare, pp. saginatux, 
stuff: see Kagmate."] Fattening. 
They use to put them by for sagination. or [as it is sayd] 
in English for feeding, which in all countries hath a sev- 
erall manner or custom. 
Topsell, Four-Footed Beasts, p. 81. (Uallimtt.) 
sagitta (sa-jit'a), . [NL., < L. sagitta, an 
arrow, a bolt, pi-ob. akin to Gr. anyapii;, a battle- 
ax. Hence ult. satty, settee 2 ."] 
1. [(""/'] An insignificant but 
very ancient northern con- 
stellation, the Arrow, placed 
between Aquila and the bill 
of the Swan . It is, roughly speak- 
ing, in a line with the most promi- , 
nent stars of Sagittarius and Cen- 
taurus, with which it may originally 
have been conceived to be connect- 
ed. Also called Alahance. 
2. In anat., the sagittal su- 
ture. 3. In iclitli., one of the 
otoliths of a fish's ear. 4. 
[cop.] The typical genus of 
Nagittulee, formerly contain- 
ing all the species, now re- 
stricted to those with two 
pairs of lateral fins besides 
the caudal fin. Also Sag- 
gitta, Saggita, Fagita. See 
accompanying cut. 5. An 
arrow-worm or sea-arrow ; 
a member of the Sagittidae. 
6. The keystone of an arch. 
[Rare.] 7. Ingeom.: ()The 
versed sine of an arc: so 
called by Kepler because it 
makes a figure like an arrow 
upon a bow. (6) The abscissa 
of a curve. Button. 
Sagitta bipttnctata, 
enlarged. 
a, head with eyes 
and appendages ; i>, 
anus ; c, ovary ; ct, 
testicular chambers. 
'.ingittiilix,(. Ij.xtii/ittii, an arrow: see xagitta.] 
1. Shaped like or resembling an arrow or an 
arrow-head. Specifically 2. In iniiil. : () Per- 
sagittal (saj'i-tal ), a. [= OF. 
sagitei, F. sagittal = Sp. Pg. 
xtigitnl = It, sagittate, < NL. 
