save all (saval)

[ fitted to the socket of a candlestick, to allow the short socket-end of a candle to be burnt out without waste. Go out in a Stink like a Candle's End upon a Save - all. Congreve, Way of the World, iv. 12. You may remember, sir, that a few weeks back a new save- all came in, and was called candle-wedges, and went off well. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 392. (b) A small sail set under another, or between two other sails, to catch or save the wind. (c) A trough in a paper-making machine which collects any pulp that may have slopped over the edge of the wire-cloth. saveguardt, n. Same as safeguard , 5. IMG:content-0173.png:[ocr errors]