S A T U R E T A. 
smile of goodness, and delivered it to one of his satrapes 
that he might make his report on it. The Student. 
The Salrapa, or Satrapes, was generally a governor of a 
province among the ancient Persians. 
King Darius usually walked attended by his principal 
lords and satrapse. (Q. Curtius.) The kingdom of Persia 
was divided into satrapes, or jurisdictions of satrapse. 
The word is originally Persian, signifying strictly, admi¬ 
ral, or commander of a naval armament; but it was after¬ 
wards applied indifferently to all governors of provinces. In 
which sense it was also borrowed by the Greeks, who used 
the word crar in the same signification. 
We also meet with the word in some ancient English 
charters of king Etbelred, where the lords, who sign next after 
the dukes, take the title of satrapes of the king. Du-Cange 
takes the word here to signify ministers of the king. 
SA'TRAPY, s. The government assigned to a satrap.— 
The angels themselves are distinguished and quaternioned 
into their celestial princedoms and satrapies. Milton .— 
The temporal government was likewise divided into satra¬ 
pies or dukedoms, which contained in them divers counties. 
Spelman. 
SATRIANO, a small town towards the south of the 
kingdom of Naples, in the province of Basilicata. It was 
formerly the see of a bishop, now united to that of Com- 
pagna; 7 miles south-west of Acerenza. 
SATTALIE, or Satelek, in Commerce, a money of 
account at Bencoolen in the East Indies; 32 sattalies mak¬ 
ing 4 soocoos, or a dollar of 5s. 
SATTIAVERAM, a town of Hindostan, district of 
Vizagapatam. Lat. 17. 15. N. long. 82. 45. E. 
SATTIN. See Satin. 
SATTIN FLOWER, and White sattin, in Botany. See 
Lunaria. 
SATTIN SPAR, in Mineralogy, fibrous carbonate of lime: 
it has a pearly lustre, and is generally of a pure white 
colour: the fibres are minute and frequently waved. It 
has been used for beads and necklaces, and other orna¬ 
ments. It is procured from the county of Cumberland. 
SATTINET, or Sattinade, a very slight, thin sort 
of sattin, chiefly used by the ladies for summer night-gowns, 
&c., and ordinarily striped. The word is a diminutive of 
sattin. 
SATTINAFF, a cluster of islets and rocks in the Eastern 
seas. Lat. 5. 24. S. long. 118.38. E. 
SATTIRAM, a town of the south of India, province of 
Mysore, belonging to the rajah. Lat. 12. 9. N. long. 76. 
53. E. 
SA'TURABLE, adj. Impregnable with any thing till it 
will receive no more.—Be the figures of the salts never so 
various, yet if the atoms of water were fluid, they would 
always so conform to those figures as to fill up all vacuities; 
and consequently the water would be saturable with the 
same quantity of any salt, which it is not. Grew. 
SA'TURANT, adj. [from saturans, Lat.] Impregnating 
to the full. 
To SATURATE, ®. n. \saturo, Lat.] To impregnate 
till no more can be received or imbibed. 
Still night succeeds 
A soften'd shade, and saturated earth 
Awaits the morning beam. Thomson. 
SATURATION, s. In chymistry.—The impregnation of 
an acid with an alkali, and vice versa, till either will receive 
no more, and the mixture becomes neutral. Chambers. 
SATURDAY, [from the Saxon Saterne-dceg.~] The last 
day of the week.—This matter I handled fully in last Satur¬ 
day's Spectator. Addison. 
SATUREIA [from Satyrus, according to Linnaeus], in 
Botany, a genus of the class didynamia, order gymnospermia, 
natural order of verticillate, labiatse (Juss.) — Generic 
Character. Calyx: perianth one-leafed, tubular, striated, 
erect, permanent: mouth five-toothed, almost equal, erect. 
Corolla one-petalled, ringent: tube cylindrical, shorter than 
the calyx: throat simple: upper lip erect, blunt, acutely 
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emarginate, length of the lower lip; lower lip three-parted, 
spreading; segments blunt, equal, the middle one a little 
larger. Stamina: filaments four, setaceous, distant, scarcely 
the length of the upper lip; the two lower a little shorter. 
Anthers converging. Pistil: germ four cleft. Style seta¬ 
ceous, length of the corolla. Stigmas two, setaceous. Peri¬ 
carp none. Calyx converging, containing the seeds in the 
bottom. Seeds four, roundish.— Essential Character. Co¬ 
rolla with segments nearly equal. Stamina distant. 
1. Satureia Juliana, or linear-leaved savory.—This has 
very slender woody stalks, which grow erect, about nine 
inches high, sending out two or three slender side branches 
towards the bottom. Leaves linear-lanceolate, opposite, stiff. 
Flowers in whorls for more than half the length of the stalk, 
seeming as if they were bundled together. Corolla small 
and white. The whole plant has a pleasant aromatic smell. 
—Native of Italy. 
2. Satureia thymbra, or whorled savory.—This rises about 
two feet high with a woody stem, and divides into many 
branches, so as to form a small bush. Leaves somewhat 
like those of common savory, having a strong aromatic scent 
when bruised —Native of the Island of Candia. 
3. Satureia Graeca, or Greek savory. — Peduncles sub- 
triflorous lateral, involucrets shorter than the calyx.—The 
lower leaves are ovate, like those of thyme, purplish beneath, 
the rest are rather linear; on the upper surface of the leaves 
appear a sort of sparkling atoms, shining from a few short 
scattered hairs. Corollas purplish on the outside, on the in¬ 
side whitish-purple, with three purple spots at the base, the 
middle one larger than the others. After the first year, the 
corymbs become solitary.—Native of the Archipelago, and 
the county of Nice. 
4. Satureia montana, or winter savory.-—This is well 
known under the name of Winter Savory; and is a peren¬ 
nial plant, with a shrubby low branching stalk; the branches 
rise about a foot high, are woody, and have two very narrow 
stiff leaves, about an inch long, opposite at each joint: from 
the base of these come out a few small leaves in clusters. 
Flowers axillary, upon short foot-stalks, shaped like those of 
the summer savory, but larger and paler.—Native of the 
South of France and Italy. 
5. Satureia hortensis, or summer savory.—Summer savory 
is an annual plant, with slender erect stalks about a foot 
high, sending out branches at each joint by pairs. Leaves 
opposite, about an inch long, and one-eighth of an inch 
broad in the middle, stiff, a little hairy, and having an 
aromatic odour if rubbed- Flowers towards the upper part 
of the branches, axillary; each peduncle sustaining two 
flowers. Corolla pale flesh-colour.—Native of the South of 
France and Italy. 
6. Satureia capitata, or ciliated savory.—Flowers in 
spikes, leaves keeled, dotted, ciliate.—This has a low shrubby 
stalk, which sends out branches on every side, about six 
inches long, and hoary. The whole plant is hoary, and very 
aromatic.—Native of the Levant. 
7- Satureia spinosa, or thorny savory.—A shrubby spe¬ 
cies, native of Candia or Crete; distinguished by its thorny 
branches, and shaggy leaves. 
8. Satureia viminea, Or twiggy savory.—Peduncles axil¬ 
lary, three flowered, involucres linear, leaves lanceolate- 
ovate, entire.—A shrub from two to twelve feet in height, 
with an upright stem, very much branched and loose. 
Branches four-sided, strict, subdivided, long; with th© 
branchlets four-cornered, directed one way, ferruginous- 
pubescent.—Native of the cooler mountains of Jamaica; 
flowering there in autumn. 
There are two varieties: one a shrub, smaller and more 
rigid, with smaller oblong leaves: the other a little tree, 
twelve or fifteen feet high, with the branches loose and 
rounder leaves. The whole plant is very sweet-scented, even 
when dry. 
Propagation and Culture. —Winter savory may be pro¬ 
pagated by seeds in the same way as summer savory, or by 
slips, which, if planted in the spring, will take root very 
freely. It is very hardy, and Will continue several years, 
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