saint 
I o\ Hills and Niobrara groups. Properly called Fnrt 
Pierre and sometimes Pierre group. St. Roch's dis- 
ease, the bubo plague. Saint's day, a day set apart 
by ecclesiastical authority for the commemoration of a 
particular saint. St. Swithin'S day. See rfnj/l. St. 
Thomas's balsam, balsam of Tolu. See balsam. St. 
Thomas tree, a name of Bavhinwt toinenlnsa and /?. 
variegate of the East Indies, etc. Their yellow petals 
are variegated with red fancifully attributed to the blood 
of St. Thomas. St. Valentine's day. see mientinr. 
St. Victor's balsam, a name Riven to compound tinc- 
ture of benzoin. St. VitUS's dance, chorea. St. Zach- 
ary's disease, dumbness. Sunday of St. Thomas, or 
the Touching Of St. Thomas. Same as Low Sunday 
(which see, under tor-'). The O's Of St. Bridget. See 
02. To braid St. Catherine's tresses. See frratdi. 
To tie with St Mary's knott. See icnoti. 
saint 1 (sant), r. [< ME. "sainten (see sainted), 
< OF. saintir; from the noun.] I. trans. I. To 
number or enroll among saints officially : can- 
onize. 
Thou shalt be sainted, woman, and thy tomb 
Cut out in crystal, pure and good as thou art 
Beau, and Fl., Thierry and Theodoret, iv. 1. 
The Picture sett in Front would Martyr him and Saint 
him to befoole the people. Milton, Eikonoklastes, Pref. 
2. To salute as a saint. [Rare.] 
However Pharisee-like they otherwise saint him, and 
call him an Holy Father, sure it is, they reject his counsel. 
Penn, No Cross, No Crown, ii. 
They shout, "Behold a saint!" 
And lower voices saint me from above. 
Tennyson, St. Simeou Stylites. 
II. iittranx. To act piously or with a show of 
piety; play the saint: sometimes with an in- 
definite it. 
Think women still to strive with men, 
To sin and never for to saint. 
Shak., Passionate Pilgrim, 1. 34i 
saint 2 t (sant), >i. An old game : same as cent, 4. 
My Saints turn'd deuill. No, wee'l none of Saint; 
You are best at New-cut wife ; you'l play at that. 
Heywood, Woman Killed with Kindness (Works, II. 122). 
saintdom (sant'dum), H. [< saint 1 + -doni.] 
The state or condition of being a saint; the 
state of being sainted or canonized ; canoniza- 
tion. 
I will not cease to grasp the hope I hold 
Of saintdom. Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylitee. 
sainted (san'ted), p. (i. [< ME.*sainteil, i-souted; 
pp. of xain ft, r.] 1 . Canonized ; enrolled among 
the saints. 2. Holy; pious. 
Thy royal father 
Was a most minted king. 
Shak.. Macbeth, iv. 3. 108. 
3. Sacred. 
Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 11. 
4. Entered into bliss ; gone to heaven : often 
used as a euphemism for dead. 
He is the very picture of his sainted mother. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, viii. 
saintess (san'tes), u. [<saintl + -csx.] A fe- 
male saint. 
Some of your mintesses have gowns and kirtles made of 
such dames' refuses. 
Sheldon, Miracles of Antichrist, p. 98. (Latham.) 
saintfoin (sant'foin), w. See sainfoin. 
sainthood (sant'hud), n. [< saintl + -hood.] 
The character, condition, rank, or dignity of 
a saint. 
Theodore had none of that contemptible apathy which 
almost lifted our James the Second to the superior hon- 
our of monkish sainthood. Walpnle. (Latham.) 
saintish (sau'tish), . [< sainft + -i*7ii.] 
Somewhat saintly ; affected with piety : used 
ironically. 
They be no diuels (I trow) which seme so saintish. 
Oascvi/jne, Steele Glas (ed. Arber), p. 82. 
I give you check and mate to your white king, 
Simplicity itself, your saintish king there. 
Middleton, Women Beware Womeu, ii. 2. 
saintism (san'tizm), ;/. [< sainft + -tern.] 
Sanctimonious character or profession; as- 
sumption of holiness. [Contemptuous and 
rare.] 
John Pointer . . . became . . . acquainted with Oliver 
Cromwel ; who, when Protector, gave him a Canonry Ch. 
in Oxon, as a reward lor the pains he took in converting him 
to godliness, i. e. to canting Puritanism and Saintism. 
A. Wood, Fasti Oxou., I. 200. 
saintlike (saut'lik), a. [< sainft + like.] 1. 
Resembling a saint; saintly: as, a gaiutlikr 
prince. 2. Suiting a saint ; befitting a saint. 
(Jlossed over only with a mint-like show, . . . 
Still thou art bound to vice. 
Dri/den, tr. of Persius's Satires, v. 167. 
saintlily (sant'li-li), a dr. In a saintly manner. 
Poe, Rationale of Verse. 
saintliness (sant'li-ues), n. The state or char- 
acter of being saintly. =Syn. Pitta, Sanrtiti/, etc. See 
relvrion. 
6808 
saintly (saut'li), . [< saiiift + -ly 1 .] Like 
or characteristic of a saint; befitting it holy 
person; saintlike. 
I mention still 
Him whom thy wrongs, with naintty patience borne, 
Made famous in a land and times obscure. 
Milton, P. R., iii. !. 
With eyes astray, she told mechanic beads 
Before some shrine of saintly womanhood. 
Lowell, Cathedral. 
saintologist (san-tol'o-jist), n. [< sainft + 
-oloy-y + -1st.] One who writes the lives of 
saints; one versed in the history of saints; a 
hagiologist. [Rare.] Im/i. Diet. 
Saints' bell. See l>m. 
Whene'er the old exchange of profit rings 
Her silver saint's-bell of uncertain gains. 
Quartet, Emblems, iv. 3. 
saint-seeming (sant'se'ming), a. Having the 
appearance of a saint. 
A mint-teeming and Bible-bearing hypocritical puritan. 
Bp. Mountagu, Appeal to Ceesar, p. 48. (Latham.) 
Those are the Saint-seeming Worthies of Virginia, that 
haue notwithstanding all this meate, drinke, and wages. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 199. 
saintship (sant'ship), . [< snint 1 + -ship.] 
The character or qualities of a saint; the posi- 
tion of a saint ; as a sort of title, saint. 
Saint Frip, Saint Trip, Saint Fill, Saint FUlle ; 
Neither those other aint-ship will I 
Here goe about lor to recite. Herrick, The Temple. 
Might shake the saintehip of an anchorite. 
Byron, Childe Harold, i. 11. 
Saint-Simonian (sant-si-mo'ni-an), . and >i. 
[< Saint-Simon (see Sitint-Simoiiisin) + -i-nn.] 
I. . Pertaining to or believing in the princi- 
ples of Saint-Simon or Saint-Simonism. 
The leaders of the Saint-Simonian religion. 
It. T. Ely, French and German Socialism, p. 71. 
II. w. A follower of Saint-Simon ; a believer 
in the principles of Saint-Simonism. 
While the economists were discussing theories, the 
Saint-Simonians were trying courageously the hazards of 
practice, and were making, at their risk and peril, experi- 
ments preparatory to the future. 
Blanqui, Hist. Pol. Ecou. (trans.), xliii. 
Saint-Simonianism (sant-si-mo'ni-an-izm), . 
[< Saint-Simonian + -ism.'] Same as Saint- 
Simonism. 
Saint-Simonism(saut-si'mpn-izm), . [<Saint- 
Simon (see def.) + -ism,'] The socialistic sys- 
tem founded by Claude Henri, Comte de Saint- 
Simon (1760-1825), and developed by his dis- 
ciples. According to this system the state should become 
possessed of all property ; the distribution of the products 
of the common labor of the community should not, how- 
ever, be an equal one, but each person should be rewarded 
according to the services he has rendered the state, the 
active and able receiving a larger share than the slow 
and dull ; and inheritance should be abolished, as other- 
wise men would he rewarded according to the merits of 
their parents and not according to their own. The system 
proposes that all should not be occupied alike, but differ- 
ently, according to their vocation and capacity, the labor 
of each being assigned, like grades in a regiment, by the 
will of the directing authority. J. S. Hill, Pol. Econ., II. 
i. 4. 
Saint-Simonist (sant-si'mon-ist), w. [< Naiiit- 
SimoH (see Saint-Simonism') + -ist.] A follower 
of Saint-Simon ; a Saint-Simonian. 
He was reproached on all sides as a demagogue, a Saint- 
Simonist. Nineteenth Century, XXIV. 434. 
sair ' (sar), a. and adr. A Scotch form of sorcl. 
sair- (sar), r. t. [Also North, dial, sarra, serve, 
fit, a reduced form (with the common loss of 
final c after a vowel or, as here, a semi-vowel) 
of serve 1 . Cf. E. dial, sarrant, a servant.] To 
serve ; fit ; be large enough for ; satisfy, as with 
food. [Scotch.] 
sailing (sar'ing), n. [Verbal n. of sair 2 , r.] As 
much as satisfies or serves the turn ; enough for 
anyone: as, he has got his sairing. [Scotch.] 
You couldna look your mirin at her face, 
So meek it was, so sweet, so fu' o' grace. 
Koss, Helenore, p. 10. 
sairly (sar'li), adv. A Scotch form of sorely. 
saiset, * A Middle English form of seize. 
Saisnet, . [ME., < OF. Saisne. a Saxon: see 
Saxon.] A Saxon. 
That tynie the Saisnes made euell waich, for thei were 
nothynge war till these were euein a-monge hem. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 231. 
saith ' (seth). Third person singular present in- 
dicative of xayl. 
saith 2 (sath), n. [Also saitlte, seth; < Gael, sn- 
ridlican, the coalfish, especially in its 2d, 3d, and 
4th years.] The coalfish. [Scotch.] 
He proposed he should go ashore and buy a few lines 
with which they might fish for young saithe or lythe over 
the side of the yacht. W. Black, Princess of Thule, xxvii. 
Saitic (sa-it'ik), a. [< L. Saitieits, < Gr. Zairocof, 
Saitic, < 2a/r/;r, L. Sai'trx, of Sais, < Srii'f, L. Stii'x, 
sake 
Sais.J Of or pcrlaining to Sais. a saoi-ril city 
of ancient Egypt : as, the Saitir, Isis. 
Saiva (si'vii). . [Hind., < Sir a, q. v.] A vota- 
ry of Siva. 
Saivism (si'vizm), . Same as Xirimn. 
saiyid, . See xai/id. 
saj (saj), n. [E. Ind.] An East Indian tree, 
Trriiiinalia toiiifiiliiaa, affording a hard, finely 
variegated wood, used for many purposes, but 
of doubtful durability. Its bark is used for 
tanning and for dyeing black, 
sajene, n. See s<i<iee?. 
sajOU (sa-jo'), n. [8. Amer.] A South Ameri- 
can monkey, or sai, one of several kinds also 
called sapajou. See sajiiijtm. and synonyms un- 
der xai/uiit. 
sakt, ii. A Middle English form of sackl. 
saka (sa'ka), . [S. Amer.] The native name 
of the bastard purple-heart tree, a species of 
<'<>jHiifera. 
Saka era. See Caka era, under <-ra. 
sake 1 (sak), n. [< ME. sake, suk, sac, dispute, 
contention, lawsuit, cause, purpose, guilt, sake. 
< AS. sacu, strife, distress, persecution, fault, 
a lawsuit, jurisdiction in litigious suits (see 
xae 1 ), guilt, crime, = OS. saka, strife, crime, 
lawsuit, cause, thing, = MD. saecke, T>. :aak, 
matter, case, cause, business, affair, = MLG. 
LG. sake = OHG. sitrha, xaliha, MHG. sacln; 
strife, contention, lawsuit, case, cause, thing, 
G. sache, case, affair, thing, = Icel. sole (gen. sa- 
kar), a lawsuit, plaint, charge, offense charged, 
guilt, cause, sake, = 8w. xak = Dan. sag, ease, 
cause, matter, thing; cf. Goth, sakjo, strife; 
orig. strife, contention, esp. at law; from the 
verb represented by AS. sacan (pret. soc), 
strive, contend at law, bring a charge against, 
accuse (also in comp. atsacan, deny, disown, 
forsacan, deny, forsake, onsacan, strive against, 
resist, deny, etc.), = Goth, sakan (pret. s6k), 
contend, blame, rebuke; perhaps akin to L. 
xancire, render sacred, forbid, etc. (see sanc- 
tion), Skt. iunj, sajj, adhere. Prom the same 
Teut. root are ult. seek and acl, soc, socane, 
xawfht, settle 2 ; cf. also forsake and ransack.] 
If. Strife; contention; dispute. 
That he with Romleode snnime sake arerde. 
Layamon, 1. 26290. 
Cheste and sake. Owl and Nightingale, 1. 1160. 
2f. Fault; guilt. 
& o thatt an [on that one) he leggde threr 
All tln.'331-e sake & sinne. Ormulmn, 1. 1385. 
This bischop bad him haf god hop, 
And asked him yef he walde tac 
Riht penanz for his sinful sac. 
Sng. Metr. Homilies (ed. Small), p. 1:<U. 
If my gaynlych Ood such gref to me wolde, 
Fof [for?] desert of sum sake that I slayne were, 
At all e peryles, quoth the prophete, I aproche hit no nerre. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 84. 
With-outen any sake of felonye, 
As a schep to the slaiUther lad watg he. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 799. 
3. Purpose; purpose of obtaining or achieving: 
as, to labor for the sake of subsistence. 
Ther-fore for sothe gret sorwe sche made, 
& swore for that sake to sulfur alle peynes, 
To be honget on hei3 or with horse to-drawe, 
Sche wold neuer be wedded to no wish of grece. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2019. 
Thou neither dost persuade me to seek wealth 
For empire's sake, nor empire to affect 
For glory's sake. Milton, t. R., iii. 45. 
4. Cause ; account ; reason ; interest ; regard 
to any person or thing: as, without xake : now 
always preceded by for, with a possessive: as, 
for my sake; for heaven's sake. When the posses- 
sive is plural, the noun is often made plural also : as, " for 
your fair sakes" (Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 766); "for both our 
sakes" (Shak.,1. of the S., v. 2.15). The final * of the pos- 
sessive is often merged with the initial * of sake, and thus 
disappears: as, "for heaven sake" (Shale., K. John, Iv. 1. 
78) ; " for fashion sake " (Shak., As you Like it. iii. -2. 271) ; 
etc. Compare " for conscience sake," etc. 
And faytour/or thy sake, 
Thei sail be putte to pyne. 
York Plays, p. 80. 
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's 
sake. Gen. viii. 21. 
Onr hope Is that the God of Peace shall . . . enable us 
quietly and even gladly to suffer all things, for that u~ork 
sake which we covet to perform. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., i. 
For old sake's sake, for the sake of old times ; for aulil 
langsyne. [Colloq. or prov. Eng.] 
Yet far old sake's sake she is still, dears, 
The prettiest doll in the world. 
Kingdey, Water-Babies. 
sake 2 (sak'e), H. [Jap.] 1. A Japanese fer- 
mented liquor made from rice. It contains 
from 11 to 17 per cent, of alcohol, and is heated 
before being drunk. 
