Safe

sāf, adj. unharmed: free from danger or injury: secure: securing from danger or injury: no longer dangerous: clear: trusty: sound: certain.— n. a chest or closet for money, ., safe against fire, thieves, ., generally of iron: a chest or cupboard for meats: ( coll. ) a safety-bicycle.— v.t. to safeguard.— v.t. Safe′-conduct′ ( Spens. ).— ns. Safe′-con′duct , a writing, pa port, or guard granted to a person to enable him to travel with safety; Safe′-depos′it , a safe storage for valuables; Safe′guard , he who, or that which, guards or renders safe: protection: a guard, pa port, or warrant to protect a traveller: a rail-guard at railway switches: ( zool. ) a monitor lizard.— v.t. to protect.— n. Safe′-keep′ing , preservation from injury or from escape.— adv. Safe′ly , in a safe manner.— ns. Safe′ne ; Safe′-pledge , a surety for one's appearance at a day a igned; Safe′ty , freedom from danger or lo : close custody: a safeguard: Safe′ty-arch ( arch it. ), an arch built in the body of a wall to relieve the pre ure, as over a door or window; Safe′ty-belt , a belt made of some buoyant material, or capable of being inflated, for helping a person to float; Safe′ty-bī′cycle , a low-wheeled bicycle; Safe′ty-buoy , a buoy for helping a person to float: a life-preserver; Safe′ty-cage ( mining ), a cage by which a fall would be prevented in case of the breakage of the rope by means of safety-catches; Safe′ty-chain , a check-chain of a car-truck: a safety-link; Safe′ty-fuse , a waterproof woven tube enclosing an inflammable substance which burns at a regular rate; Safe′ty-hoist , a hoisting-gear so arranged as to prevent its load being thrown precipitately down in case of accident; Safe′ty-lamp , a lamp surrounded by wire-gauze, used for safety in mines on account of the inflammable gases; Safe′ty-lock , a lock that cannot be picked by ordinary means: in firearms, a lock with some device for preventing accidental discharge; Safe′ty-match , a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose; Safe′ty-pā′per , a paper so prepared as to resist alteration by chemical or mechanical means; Safe′ty-pin , a pin in the form of a clasp with a guard covering its point; Safe′ty-plug , a plug of soft metal in an opening in a steam-boiler, so as to melt when the temperature rises to its fusing-point, and allow of an escape of steam; Safe′ty-rein , a rein for preventing a horse from running away; Safe′ty-stop , a contrivance for preventing accidents in machinery; Safe′ty-tube , a tube used in chemical operations to prevent the bursting of ve els by gas, and for other purposes; Safe′ty-valve , a valve in the top of a steam-boiler, which lets out the steam when the pre ure is too great for safety. [O. Fr. sauf —L. salvus ; prob. allied to solus .]