Index of English words, starting with "sa"

(1) - Safflower (n.) A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b).
(2) - Safflower (n.) The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.
(3) - Safflower (n.) An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron.

(1) - Saffron (v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
(2) - Saffron (a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
(3) - Saffron (n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
(4) - Saffron (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
(5) - Saffron (n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.

(1) - Saffrony (a.) Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.

(1) - Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.
(2) - Sag (v. t.) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
(3) - Sag (v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
(4) - Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
(5) - Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.