saucy 
A saucie word spak' hee. 
HeirofLinne (Child's Ballads, VIII. 73). 
There Is not so impudent a Thing in Nature as the 
sawcy Look of an assured Man, confident of Success. 
Congreve, Way of the World, iv. 5. 
3f. Presuming; overbearing. 
And if nothing can deterre these saucie doultes from 
this their dizardly inhumanitie. 
Lomatius on Painting by Laydock (1598). (Nares.) 
But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confin'd, bound in 
To saucy doubts and fears. Shak., Macbeth, iii. 4. 25. 
4f. Wanton; prurient; impure. 
Saucy trusting of the cozen'd thoughts 
Defiles the pitchy night. So lust doth play. 
Shalt., All's Well, iv. 4. 23. 
= Svn. 1 and 2. See impudence. 
saucyt (sa'si), adv. [< saucy, a.] Saucily. 
But up then spak the auld gudraan, 
And vow but he spak wondrous saucie. 
Glasgow Peggy (Child's Ballads, IV. 76). 
saucy-bark (sa'si -bark), . Same as sassy- 
bark. 
sauer-kraut (sour'krout), n. [Also partly 
Englished sour-krout, sour-crout (= F. chou- 
croute) ; < G. saner-kraut, < sinter, = E. sour, + 
kraut, plant, vegetable, cabbage.] A favorite 
German dish, consisting of cabbage cut fine, 
pressed into a cask, with alternate layers of salt, 
and suffered to ferment till it becomes sour. 
sauft, sauflyt. Middle English forms of safe, 
safely. 
sauget. An obsolete form of sage 1 , sage 2 . 
sauger (sa'ger), n. A percoid fish, Stizostedion 
canadense, the smaller American pike-perch, 
also called sand-pike, ground-pike, rattlesnake- 
pike, jack, and horn-fish. See cut under Stizo- 
stedion. 
saugh 1 (saeh), n. See sauch. 
saugh- (suf), n. Same as sough. 
saugh 3 t. An obsolete preterit of see 1 . 
saughtt, n. [ME. saughte, seihte, sahte, ssehte, 
< AS. saht, seaht, seht, sxht (= Icel. satt), rec- 
onciliation, settlement, orig. the adjustment of 
a suit, < sacan, fight, contend, sue at law: see 
sakei. Cf. sattght, a. and v.] Reconciliation; 
peace. 
We be-seke gow, syr, as soveraynge and lorde, 
That ge safe us to daye, for sake of goure Criste ! 
Sende us some socoure, and saughte with the pople. 
Morte Arlhure (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 3053. 
saughtt, a. [ME. sdtight, saugt, sauht, saght, 
sagt, sxht, < AS. saht, seht, seelit (= leel. sdttr), 
reconciled, at peace : see sought, ., and of. 
sought, t'.] Reconciled; agreed; atone. 
saughtt, r. *. [ME. saughtcn, saugten, saulitcn, 
< AS. "sahtian, schlian (= Icel. seetta), recon- 
cile, make peace, < saht, scht, sseht, reconciled, 
saht, seaht, seht, sseht, reconciliation, peace : see 
sought, n. Gi.sauyhten, and saughtlc, now set- 
tle 2 .'] To reconcile. 
And men vnsaugte loke thou assay 
To saujten hem thenne at on assent. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.\ p. 108. 
saughtent, v. i. [ME. saugtenen, saugtnen, sauh t- 
nen, < AS. *sahtnan, become reconciled, < saht, 
seht, seeht, reconciled : see sattght, a. Cf. saugh- 
tle.J To become reconciled. 
"Cesseth," seith the kynge, "I suffre gow [to dispute] no 
lengere. 
Se shal saugtne for sothe and serue me bothe. 
" Kisse hir," quod the kynge. Piers Plowman (B), IT. 2. 
saughtlet, v. A Middle English form of settle^. 
saul 1 (sal), n. An obsolete or Scotch form of 
soul 1 . 
saul 2 , n. See sal*. 
saule 1 !, n. An obsolete form of soul 1 . 
saule 2 t, sauleet, . See sool, soul 1 . 
saulie, saullie (sa'li), n. [Origin obscure.] A 
hired mourner. [Scotch.] 
There were twa wild-looking chaps left the auld kirk, 
. . . and the priest . . . sent twa o' the riding saulies after 
them. Scott, The Antiquary, xxv. 
sault 1 t (salt), n. [Also salt, saut; < ME. saut, 
saute, sawt, < OF. saut, sault, F. saut = Pr. saut 
= Cat. salt = Sp. Pg. It.salto, a leap, jump, fall, 
< L. saltus, a leap, < salire, leap : see sail 2 , and 
cf. assault, n., of which saulti is in part an 
aphetic form.] 1. A leap. 
He rode ... a light fleet horse, unto whom he gave a 
hundred carieres, made him go the high mults, bounding 
in the air, [and] . . . turn short in a ring both to the right 
and left hand. Urguhart, tr. of Rabelais, i. 23. 
2. An assault. 
Tho cam Anthony and also Raynold, 
Which to paynymes made sautes plente, 
And of Ausoys the noble Kyng hold. 
Rom. ofPartenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2145. 
Sleuthe with bus slynge an hard saut he made. 
Piers Plowman (C), xxiii. 217. 
5354 
8ault 1 t (salt), v. t. [Also saute; < ME. sauten, 
OF. sauter, saulter, < L. saltare, leap, freq. of 
salire, leap: see sail 2 , salient, and cf. assault, v., 
of which sault 1 is in part an aphetic form. Cf . 
win It 1 , >.] To assault. 
sault 2 (so, commonly so), . [< Canadian F. 
siiult, saut, a leap, fall : see sanlft.] A rapid in 
some rivers: as, the Sault Ste. Marie. [North 
America.] 
sault 3 *, . and v. A bad spelling of salft. 
saultablet (sal'ta-bl), a. '[Also saltable; by 
apheresis for assuuUaUe.'] Same as assaultable. 
The breach is safely satiable where no defence is made. 
WUloughby, To Walsingham, in Motley's Hist. Nether- 
[lands, n. 416. 
sault-fat (salt'fat), . [Sc. form of salt-vat.'] 
A pickling-tub or powdering-tub for meat. 
sa ul-tree, n. See sal 2 . 
saum (soum), n. [G., = E. seam, a load: see 
seam"."] An Austrian unit of weight, formerly 
used in England for quicksilver. Young says it 
was 315 pounds avoirdupois ; and Nelkenbrecher says the 
Styrian saum for steel Is 250 Vienna pounds, being 309 
pounds avoirdupois. Probably In Carniola the weight was 
greater. The saum was also a liquid measure in Switzer- 
land, like the French somme, Italian tcma; also a unit of 
tale, 22 pieces of cloth. 
saumbuet, sambuet, n. [ME., < OF. sambue, 
saubue (ML. sambuca), a saddle-cloth, a litter, 
< OHG. sambuoh, sambiih, sambuch, sampoli, 
sampoch, a chariot, sedan-chair, litter.] A 
saddle-cloth. 
saumburyt, [ME., appar. an irreg. var. of 
saumbue, a saddle-cloth: see saumbue.] A litter. 
And shope that a shcreyne sholde bere Mede 
Softliche in saumbury fram syse to sye. 
Piers Plowman (C), iii. 178. 
gaumplariet, See samplary. 
saunce-bellt, sauncing-bellt (sfins'bel, san'- 
sing-bel). . Same as saints' bell, Sanctus bell. 
See belli. 
Titan gilds the eastern hills, 
And chirping birds, the saunce-bell of the day. 
Ring in our ears a warning to devotion. 
Randolph, Amyntas, iii. 1. 
saunders (san'derz), n. Same as sandal 2 . 
saunders blue. See blue. 
saunderswoodt (san'derz-wud), n. Same as 
sandalwood. 
saunt 1 , n. A dialectal (Scotch) or obsolete form 
of saint 1 . 
saunt 2 , n. A variant of saint 2 , cent, 4 (a game). 
At coses or at saunt to sit, or set their rest at prime. 
Turbenille on Hawking, in Cens. LiL, ix. 266. 
saunter (san'ter or san'ter), r. i. [Also dial. 
santer; < ME. saunteren, santren (see defs.): (a) 
prob. < OF. s'arenturcr, se adventurer, reflex., ad- 
venture oneself, risk oneself: se, oneself, coa- 
lescing with acenturer, risk, adventure (> ME. 
auntren, risk): see adventure and obs. aunter, v. 
This etymology, suggested by Skeat and Mur- 
ray, involves a difficulty in the otherwise unex- 
ampled transit into E. of the OF. reflexive se as 
a coalesced initial element, but it is the only 
one that has any plausibility. Various other 
etymologies, all absurd, have been suggested or 
are current, namely: (6) < F. sainte terre, holy 
land, in supposed allusion to "idle people who 
roved about the country and asked charity un- 
der pretence of going a la sainte terre," to the 
holy land, (c) < F. sans terre, without land, 
"applied to wanderers without a home"; (d) 
< F. sentier, a footpath (see sentinel, sentry^); 
(e) < D. slcnteren = LG. slenderen = Sw. slentra 
= Dan. slentre, saunter, loiter, Sw. slun ta = Dan. 
slunte, idle, loiter; Icel. slentr, idle lounging, 
slen, sloth, etc. ; (/) < Icel. seint = Norw. seint 
= Sw. Dan. sent, slowly, orig. neut. of Icel. sei- 
nir = Norw. sein = Sw. Dan. sen = AS. sxne, 
slow; (g) < OD. swanckcn = G. schwanken, etc., 
reel, waver, vacillate.] If. To venture (f). See 
sauntering, \. 2t. To hesitate (f). 
Yut he knew noght uerray certainly, 
But santred and doubted uerryly 
Where on was or no of this saide linage. 
Bom, of Partenay(E. E. T. S.> I. 4658. 
3. To wander idly or loiteringly ; move or walk 
in a leisurely, listless, or undecided way ; loi- 
ter; lounge; stroll. 
The cormorant is still sauntering by the sea-side, to see 
if he can find any of his brass cast up. Sir R. L' Estrange. 
4+. To dawdle ; idle ; loiter over a thing. 
Upon the first suspicion a father has that his son is of a 
saunterinff temper, he must carefullyobservehim, whether 
he be listless and indifferent in all his actions, or whether 
In some things alone he be slow and sluggish, but in others 
vigorous and eager. Locke, Education, 123. 
Interr'd beneath this Marble Stone 
Lie saunt'ring Jack, and Idle Joan. 
Prior, An Epitaph. 
=Svn. 3. Stroll, Stray, etc. See ramble, . 
Saurichthyidae 
saunter (san'ter or san'ter), n. [< saunter, .] 
1. A stroll; a leisurely ramble or walk. 2. 
A leisurely, careless gait. 
I saw the large gate open, and in walked Rab, with that 
great and easy saunter of his. 
Dr. John Brotm, Rab and his Friends. 
One hurried through the gate out of the grove, and the 
other, turning round, walked slowly, with a sort of saun- 
ter, toward Adam. Georye Eliot, Adam Bede, xxvii. 
Loitering and leaping, 
With saunter, with bounds ... 
See! the wild Meenads 
Break from the wood. 
H. Arnold, Bacchanalia, 1. 
3t. A sauntering-place ; a Iditering- or stroll- 
ing-place. 
The tavern ! park ! assembly ! mask ! and play 1 
Those dear destroyers of the tedious day ! 
That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town ! 
Young, Love of Fame, i. 
saunterer (san'- or san'ter-er), n. [< saunter 
+ -er 1 .] One who saunters, or wanders about 
in a loitering or leisurely way. 
Quit the life of an insignificant saunterer about town. 
Berkeley, The Querist, 413. 
sauntering (san'- or san'ter-ing), n. [< ME. 
saunteryng; verbal n. of saunter, v.] If. Ven- 
turing; audacity (f). 
Thoo sawes schall rewe hym sore 
For all his saunteryng sone. 
York Plays, p. 351. 
Nciwr all his gandis no thyng hym gaynes, 
His sauntering schall with bale be bought. 
York Plays, p. 354. 
2. The act of strolling idly, dawdling, or loi- 
tering. 
saunteringly (san'- or san'ter-ing-li), adv. In 
a sauntering manner; idly; leisurely. 
Saurat, Sauraet (sa'rii, -re), . pi. [NL.] Same 
as Sauna. 
Sauranodon (sa-ran'o-don), . fNL. (Marsh, 
1879), < Gr. aaifxn', a lizard, -r av6iovf, tooth- 
less: see Anodon.] 1. The typical genus of 
Sauranodon tides, based upon remains of Juras- 
sic age from the Rocky Mountains: so called 
because edentulous or toothless. 2. [I. c.] A 
fossil of the above kind. 
sauranodont (sa-ran'o-dont), o. [< Saurano- 
don(t-).~] Pertaining to the sauranodons. 
Sauranodontidae (sa-ran-o-don'ti-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Sauranodon(t-) + -idle.] A family of 
edentulous ichthyopterygian reptiles, typified 
by the genus Sauranodon. 
saurel (sa'rel), n. [< OF. saurel, "the bastard 
mackarel " (Cotgrave), < saw, sorrel : see sore 2 .] 
A scad, Trachurus trachurus, or T. saurus; any 
fish of the genus Trachurus. See cut under scad. 
Sauria (sa'ri-a), n.pl. [NL., < Gr. oavpof, aabpa, 
a lizard: see Saurus.] An order of reptiles, 
haying scales and usually legs, named by Bron- 
gniart in 1799, and corresponding closely to the 
Linnean genus Lacerta ; lizards. The name has 
been used with various extensions and restrictions of its 
original sense, in which it included the crocodiles and 
alligators as well as the true lizards or lacertilians, thus 
corresponding to the two modern orders LacertUia and 
Crocoailia. In Cuvier's classification Sauria were the 
second order of reptiles, extended to include not only the 
living lizards and crocodiles, but also the extinct repre- 
sentatives then known of several other modern orders, as 
pterodactyls, ichthyosaurs, and plesiosaurs. On these ac- 
counts the term Sauria is discarded by many modern 
writers ; by others it is used in a restricted sense for the 
lizards proper without the crocodiles, being thus an exact 
synonym of LacertUia. This is a proper use of the name, 
near its original sense, and the term has priority over 
LacertUia. The Sauria in this sense are about 1,500 spe- 
cies, representing from 20 to 25 families and numerous 
genera. Formerly also Saura, Sauree. 
saurian (sa'ri-an), a. and n. [= F. saurien; 
as Sanria + -an.] I. a. Belonging or relating 
to the Sauria, in any sense ; having legs and 
scales, as a lizard; lacertiform; lacertilian. 
II. w. A member of the Sauria, in any sense; 
a scaly reptile with legs, as a lacertilian or liz- 
ard. Though the term Sauria once lapsed from any defi- 
nite signification, in consequence of the popular applica- 
tion of Cuvier's loose use of the word, saurian is still used 
as a convenient designation of reptiles which are not am- 
phibians, chelonians, ophidians, or crocodilians. See cuts 
under Plcsiosaurus. 
saurichnite (sa-rik'nlt), n. [< NL. Saurichnites, 
< Gr. aavpof, a lizard, + Ixvof, a track, footstep: 
see ichnite.'] A saurian ichnolite; the fossil 
track of a saurian. 
Saurichnites (sa-rik-ni'tez), . [NL. : see sau- 
richnite.] A genus of saurians which have left 
Saurichnites of Permian age. 
Saurichthyidae (sa-rik-tM'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Saurichtlnjs + -idle.] In Owen's classifica- 
tion, a family of fossil lepidoganoid fishes named 
from the genus Saurichthys. The body was elongate, 
with a median dorsal and ventral row of scutes and an- 
other along the lateral line, but otherwise scaleless, and 
