Saunders to Savor
Saunders
(Saun"ders) n. See Sandress.
Saunders-blue
(Saun"ders-blue`) n. [Corrupted fr. F. cendres bleues blue ashes.] A kind of color
prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper. [Written
also sanders-blue.]
Saunter
(Saun"ter) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sauntered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sauntering.] [Written also santer.]
[Probably fr. F. s'aventurer to adventure through a shortened form s'auntrer. See Adventure, n. & v.]
To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.
One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.
Masson. Syn. — To loiter; linger; stroll; wander.
Saunter
(Saun"ter), n. A sauntering, or a sauntering place.
That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.
Young. Saunterer
(Saun"ter*er) n. One who saunters.
Saur
(Saur) n. [Contracted from Gael. salachar filth, nastiness, fr. salach nasty, fr. sal filth, refuse.]
Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Saurel
(Sau"rel) n. (Zoöl.) Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T.
saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel.
Sauria
(||Sau"ri*a) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a lizard.] (Zoöl.) A division of Reptilia formerly established to
include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted
to the Lacertilia.
Saurian
(Sau"ri*an) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria. — n. One of the
Sauria.
Saurioid
(Sau"ri*oid) a. (Zoöl.) Same as Sauroid.
Saurobatrachia
(||Sau"ro*ba*tra"chi*a) n. pl. [NL. See Sauria, and Batrachia.] (Zoöl.) The Urodela.
Saurognathous
(Sau*rog"na*thous) a. [Gr. a lizard + the jaw.] (Zoöl.) Having the bones of the palate
arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers
Sauroid
(Sau"roid) a. [Gr. a lizard + -oid: cf. Gr. lizardlike.] (Zoöl.) (a) Like or pertaining to the saurians.
(b) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.
Sauroidichnite
(Sau`roid*ich"nite) n. [See Sauroid, and Ichnite.] (Paleon.) The fossil track of a saurian.
Sauropoda
(||Sau*rop"o*da) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + -poda.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous
dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes
the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration
in Appendix.
Sauropsida
(||Sau*rop"si*da) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + appearance.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive group
of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.
Sauropterygia
(||Sau*rop`te*ryg"i*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + a wing.] (Paleon.) Same as Plesiosauria.
