savite

(After M. Sav(i); suff. -ite (Min.).] Min.: A variety of Natrolite (q. v.) supposed to contain a considerable proportion of magnesia, but Sella has shown that the crystals are those of normal natrolite, and that the magnesia is probably derived from the serpentine with which it is a ociated at Caparciano, Italy. sā-vo-dinsk-ite, s . [After the Savodinski mine, Altai, where found; suff. -ite ( Min . ).] Min.: The same as HESSITE (q. v.). săv-on-ětte', s . [Fr. savonnette , dim in. from sav on soap.] A wash-ball for use at the toilet, composed of soap of fine quality, variously per fumed, and generally with the addition of some powdered starch or farina, and sometimes sand. IMG:content-0967.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Flavor, taste, relish; power or quality of affecting the palate. "If the salt hath lost its savor , wherewith shall it be salted?"- Matthew v. 13. 3. Characteristic property; distinguishing property, flavor, or quality. "I taste The savor of death from all things." *4. Character, reputation. Milton: P. L., x., 269. "Ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh." -Exodus v. 21. *5. Sense of smell; power to scent or smell. *6. Pleasure, delight. sā-võr, så-vour, *sa-vere, v. i. & t. [French savourer; Sp. & Port. saborear; Ital. sapor are.] A. Intransitive: 1. To have a particular smell, taste, or flavor. "The very doors and windows savor vilely." Shakesp.: Pericles, iv. 6. *2. To stink. "Lazarus that lay four days began to savor ."-C. Suttons Learn to Die (1600), p. 220. 3. To be of a particular nature; to partake of the nature, quality, or appearance of something else; to smack. (Followed by of . ) "Of goodne savoring and a tender mind." Thomson: Castle of Indolence, ii. 1 *B. Transitive : 1. To like, to relish, to taste or smell with pleas ure. Wisdom and goodne to the vile seem vile: Filths savor but themselves." Shakesp.: Lear , iv. 2. 2. To perceive by the taste or smell; hence, to perceive intellectually, to discern, to note. 3. To indicate the presence of; to have the flavor or quality of. "Thou savorest not the things that be of God." Matthew xvi. 23. *sā'-võred, *sā'-võured, a. [Eng. savor ; -ed.] Having a savor or flavor; flavored. "Sweet and well savored."-Spenser: F. Q., II. vii. 51. *sā'-võr-er, s. [Eng. savor ; -er.) One imbued with or redolent of something. "A great savorer and favorer of Wickliffe his opinions." -Fuller : Church Hist., IV. ii. 61. sa-võr-i-ly, adv. [Eng. savory; -ly.] †1. In a savory manner; with a pleasing relish. "Then when he hath done his best toward the dispatch of nis work, his food doth taste savorily ."- Barrow : sermons, vol. iii., ser. xix. *2. With gusto or appetite. "The collation he fell to very savorily." -L'Estranges Fables .