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sabra [Heb], native-born Israeli; a desert pear ("prickly on the outside,
soft on the inside").
sabot [Fr], wooden shoe; clog; also, a top (plaything).
sabotage [Fr], orig., the making of sabots; specif., malicious waste, or
damage perpetrated by discontented workmen, esp. while ostensibly
carrying on their accustomed work.
saboteur [Fr; fern, saboteuse], orig., a clumsy worker or bungler; one
who practices sabotage.
sabreur [Fr], swashbuckler; swordsman; dashing cavalry officer.
sacamuelas [Sp], dentist; colloq., lit., tooth puller. —miente más que un
sacamuelas, he lies more than a tooth puller.
sacate [Sp]. Same as ZACATE.
sacco pieno rizza l'orecchio [It], a full sack pricks up its ear.
sacré [FT; fern, sacrée], sacred; also sometimes "damned," when preceding
a noun.
sacré bleu [Fr], an oath: confound it!
Sacrum Romanum Imperium [L], the Holy Roman Empire: abbr. S.P.I.
saepe stilum vertas [L], often turn the stylus (and make erasures with
the blunt end on the waxen tablets); correct freely, if you wish to
write anything meritorious: Horace.
saeva indignatio [L], fierce wrath: Virgil.
saevis tranquillus in undis [L], calm amid the raging waters.
safar [Hind], a journey; travel: India.
safari [Ar safarïy], lit., of a trip; hunting expedition, usually for big
game.
sage [Fr], wise; prudent; virtuous; of children, well behaved. —femme
sage, virtuous woman.
sage-femme [Fr; pi. sages-femmes], midwife.
sage mir mit wem du gehst und ich werde dir sagen wer du bist
[Ger], tell me with whom you go, and I'll tell you who you are.
sagesse [Fr], wisdom; discretion; of children, good behavior; of animals,
gentleness.
sagouin [Fr; fern, sagouine], squirrel monkey; fig., untidy person; sloven.
sahib or saheb [Hind & Ar], orig. (in Arabic), friend; (in Hindustani),
lord; ruler; master; gentleman; a title of respect equivalent to Sir or
Mr., formerly used by indigenous inhabitants in addressing or referring
to an Englishman or other European, and placed after the
surname or office; as, Morton Sahib, Colonel Sahib; also used after
titles of rank; as, Rajah Sahib. See also BURRA SAHIB and CHOTA
SAHIB.
sahibah [Hind & Ar], a lady; mistress; madam: India.
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