sagartiadæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. sagarti(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -adœ.] Zool .: A family of Act in aria, with two genera, Act i nolo be and Sagartia. săg-a-thỹ, s . [Fr. sagatis ; Sp. sagati , from Lat. sagum a blanket, a coarse mantle.j Fabric : A mixed woven fabric of sick and cotton; sayette. 1. The genus Salvia (q. v.), specifically salvia officinal is and S. grandiflora . The first of these is the common garden sage, a native of the south of Europe. It has blue flowers, and has run into many varieties. Formerly it had a high reputation as a sudorific, an aromatic, an astringent, and an antiseptic, but it has not now a place in the pharma copœia. The Chinese use it as a tonic for debility of the stomach and nerves. It is employed in cooking for sauces and stuffing for luscious ineats. 2. The genus Artemisia. sage-apple, s. IMG:content-0891.png:[blocks in formation] Botany: (1) Artemisia trident at a ; (2) Lantana involucrata. ( Bermudian .) sage-cheese, s. Cheese flavored with sage. sage-cock, 8. Ornith.: Centrocercus urophasianus . Called also Cock of the Plains. It is the largest of the American grouse, and the male has a distinctive character in the bare spaces of orange-colored skin on each side of the neck, which he inflates during the mating season. Range from the Black Hills to California and Oregon, and from British Columbia nearly to Arizona. It feeds on the wormwood [SAGE. 8., 2] of the plains, and, in consequence, its flesh becomes so bitter as to be unfit for food. sage-hen, s. The female of the sage-cock. sage-willow, s . Bot .: Salix trist is , a shrub having grayish woolly leaves. sāģe, a . & s . [Fr., from Low Latin sabium (not found), for sapium , acc us. of Lat. sapius (found only in the negative nesapius )=wise, from sapio to be wise; Ital. saggio ; Sp. sabio .] [SAPIENCE.] IMG:content-0892.png:[blocks in formation] *4. Grave, solemn, serious. B. As subst.: A wise man; a man of gravity, judgment, and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher. "For so the holy sages once did sing." Milton: The Nativity. sāģe-ly, adv . [English sage , a.; -ly .] In a sage, wise, or shrewd manner; with sound discernment and judgment; sagaciously, shrewdly. "To whom our Saviour sagely thus replied." Milton: P. R., iv. 285.