Safe

saf, a. Free from harm, injury, or risk; not dangerous or likely to cause injury; conferring safety; securing from harm; to be relied upon; in secure care or custody; sure; secure. — n. A place for safety; a fire-proof chest or closet for containing money, valuable papers, etc.; a chest for meals; refrigerator. — Safely, adv. In a safe manner; without injury or the danger; without escape; in close custody. — Safe'-; ne , n. Condition or quality of being safe; free put or dom from harm or danger; security; safety.— Safe/'ty, -tT, n. Condition or state of being safe; exemp- Act tion from hurt, injury, or lo ; quality of making — safe or secure, or of giving confidence, insuring of; against lo , etc.; close custody. — Safeguard, n. That which defends or protects; defense; protecj)l. tion; a convoy or guard; a warrant of security n. given by a sovereign or military commander to protect any one. — Safe'-con'duct, n. That which gives a safe pa age; either a convoy or guard, or a writing, pa , or warrant of security. keep'ing, n. it Act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape. — Safe'ty-lamp, n. A lamp surrounded with a cylinder of wire gauze, to give light set in mines, without danger of setting fire to in flam the mable gases. — -valve, n. {Steam Eng.) A valve to fitted to the boil-. Ifr?. f^\ er, which opens "Jta ct steam and lets when out the the ctm or pre ure within as a becomes too Safety-valve. great for safety; a valve, opening i, boiler; 6, valve; c, fulcrum or support d,; steelyard lever; e, weight. v.i. inward, to admit the air and prevent the boiler from being crushed or injured by the pre ure of the atmosphere as the steam cools. — Save, sav, v. t. [saved (savd), saving.] To make safe, preserve from injury, destruc-; tion, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impend- Reing danger; to deliver from sin and from the second death or endle misery; to keep from being spent pro or lost; to lay up; to insure against, spare; to hinder from occurrence, prevent; to catch; to be in Vi-; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. time for. — v. i. To hinder expense, be economical. — prep. Except; not including. — Saving, p. a. Avoiding unnece ary expenses; frugal; nomical: incurring no lo , though not gainful.— p.pr., but commonly called a prep. "With ception of; in favor of; excepting. — n. Exception; reservation; that which is saved.— Savings-bank, A bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put to interest. — Savior, -iour, -yer, n. who saves or delivers from destruction or danger; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer. 372