save something for a rainy day
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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save the day
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
save the furniture
To salvage what is most valuable or important in a difficult situation.
save-all
A kind of candlestick used by our frugal forefathers, to burn snuffs and ends of candles. Figuratively, boys running about gentlemen's houses in Ireland, who are fed on broken meats that would otherwise be wasted, also a miser.
saveloy
A sausage of bread and chopped beef smoked, a minor kind of POLONY, which see.
savings and loan
Financial institution providing savings accounts and mortgage loans
savoy who gave it him
It had but one eye, and "was mean in stature." Shibdiz* The Persian Bucephalus, fleeter than the wind. It was the charger of Chosroes II of Persia.
savvey
To know; "do you SAVVEY that?" Spanish, SABE. In the nigger and Anglo-Chinese patois, this is SABBY, "me no SABBY." It is a general word among the lower classes all over the world. It also means acuteness or cleverness; as, "That fellow has plenty of SAVVEY."
saw
A Bahamian.
saw
An old saw; an ancient proverbial saying.
saw
A term at whist. A SAW is established when two partners alternately trump a suit, played to each other for the express purpose.
saw logs
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
saw wood
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
saw your timber
"be off!" equivalent to "cut your stick." Occasionally varied, with mock refinement, to "amputate your mahogany." See CUT.
sawbones
A surgeon.
sawdust trail
a path or trail of sawdust, often used to mark a route
sawney
Or SANDY, a Scotchman. Corruption of Alexander.
Saxon Castles
The principal ones remaining in England are: — Alnwick Castle, given to Ivo de Vesey by the Conqueror.
saxon parliament
Witan is A.S. for wise men (connected with witt, knowledge); gemote is ge-, together, moot, meet; hence "an assembly of wise men.
Saxon Shore
The coast of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Sussex?
say again
Ask someone to repeat what they said
say cheese
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
say goodbye
to bid farewell or end a relationship
say grace
Express thanks to God before a meal
say it all
To express or summarize a situation perfectly
Say it with flowers. (Patrick O'Keefe)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
say no more
Indicates agreement or understanding without needing further explanation
say one's prayers
To prepare for death or a difficult situation
say the quiet part loud
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
say the word
give a signal to start something
say uncle
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
say wha
say what.
say what
Express your thoughts or opinion
say when
stop pouring a drink when the recipient feels they have enough
scab
A worthless man or woman.
scab
A worthless person.—Old. Shakspeare uses "scald" in a similar sense.
scab-raiser
A drummer in the army, so called from one of the duties formerly pertaining to that office, viz., inflicting corporal punishment on the soldiers.—Military.
scabby neck
A native of Denmark.—Sea.
scabby-sheep
Epithet applied by the vulgar to a person who has been in questionable society, or under unholy influence, and become tainted. Also a mean disreputable fellow.
Scaccarii in the Record Office
It was com- plied in the reign of Henry III (1246), and con- tains the returns of the tenants in capite in 1166, who certify how many knights' fees they hold, and the names of those who hold or held them; also the only known fragment of the Pipe Roll of Henry II, copies of the important Inquisition returned into the exchequer in 13 John, and matter from the Pipe Rolls and other sources.
scag
Heroin.
scald miserables
A set of mock masons, who, A.D. 1744, made a ludicrous procession in ridicule of the Free Masons.
scalder
A clap. The cull has napped a scalder; the fellow has got a clap.
scalding hot
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
scale off
To peel off
Scalp Lock
A long lock of hair allowed to grow on the scalp by the men of certain North American Indian tribes as a challenge to their scalp-hunting enemies.
scaly
Mean. Sordid. How scaly the cove is; how mean the fellow is.
scaly
Shabby, or mean. Perhaps anything which betokens the presence of the "Old Serpent," or it may be a variation of "fishy."
scaly fish
An honest, rough, blunt sailor.
scamander
To wander about without a settled purpose;—possibly in allusion to the winding course of the Homeric river of that name.
scammered
drunk
Scammozzi's Rule
The jointed two-foot rule used by builders, and said to have been invented by Vmcenzio Scammozzi (1552-1616), the famous Italian architect.
scamp
A highwayman. Royal scamp: a highwayman who robs civilly. Royal foot scamp; a footpad who behaves in like manner.
scamp
A graceless fellow, a rascal; a wandering vagabond; scamping was formerly the cant term for plundering and thieving. A ROYAL-SCAMP was a highwayman, whilst a FOOT-SCAMP was an ordinary thief with nothing but his legs to trust to in case of an attempt at capture. Some have derived SCAMP from qui ex campo exit, one who leaves the field, a deserter.
scampsman
highwayman
scandal broth
Tea. The reference is to the gossip held by some of the womenkind over their tea. Also called "Chatter-broth.
scandal proof
One who has eaten shame and drank after it, or would blush at being ashamed.
scandal-water
Tea; from old maids’ tea-parties being generally a focus for scandal.
scandinavian mythology
It is said to be situated in the centre of the universe, and accessible only by the rainbow-bridge (Bifrosf). It contained many regions and mansions, such as Gladsheim and Valhalla. Ash Tree, or Tree of the Universe. See YGGDRASIL.
scapegallows
One who deserves and has narrowly escaped the gallows, a slip-gibbet, one for whom the gallows is said to groan.
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