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S A U

SATUR ~ .

ift

chemiflr)'.

6c.

1:1

;(r(l~lIation

n!Vrn lO

Icad .

See

CHEM ISl'RY ,

84. 136.

SATU RN, In

heraldry,

denol~s

lhe!

blac.k colour,

in bl.'ZOD.

ing lhe ttrms

fO\'I!IClgn prioces.

SATURNA LI :\. in Ron\.ln .nliquiIY. a (. (lival ob(ervr.d

ahallt ,he! middlc of

Dc:cember,

in honour

(he goJ

S¡~

turo, whom L uca" intro,juces giving ao aceoum of

Ihe

(eremonies

obfc:n ed

Oll

this occ¡¡rion thus:

DlJrillg my

whole re¡gn. which l.lfis

bU I

for one week, no

puolic

buGntfs is done; there is nOlhing bUl drinking, finging,

playing. ctt:ating

imaginil.ry

klncs. pbtiog

ferv,¡nts

widl

their m. ll: rs at table.

cre.

T here 0..11

be DO dirpules.

nprottches.

&c.

bUI lhe rieh

aod

poor,

m.incrs

and

1I...es. Olall be equal."

cre.

Ihis reltivat the R omans (acri6«d bare.headed.

contr:uy to thei r cuHom

other

(acTílices.

SATU R N INE. an appell ..lÍon given to perCons of a me·

bncholy:ltfpoC"ion. as being (upporcd under the infiuen«

of che planea faturo.

SATYRE. in Ihe h"then my"bology. a (abutous kind of

¿emi·god, or rural deit)',

or lhe

aodent

Romans,

repTe.

fl:!l\leJ

wi th

gOOll'S [cet, anJ (harp.

pricktd

c.us.

SATYR , Or SATI RE, in mallers of

li ttrature,

dirconrrc

or potm,

ex.pofin,

the vices and fallíes of mankind.

T he chicf f;u yrirts among the

ancieols aTe

Horacc,

J uvenal. and P erfiu s : ,hore among Ihe moderns. Reg'

nieT,

ilnd Boileau,

Frcnch ; and Dryden, OldhaOl,

R o:heller. Bueltingbam. P ope. Y""ng.

&e.

amung ,he

Enclilh.

S ATYIUUM . a genus of the gynandria diandria clafs.

T h<

neét.Hium

Icfembles a

(crolum,

placcd ehlOd {he

ROlVer. T he rpecies are eighl. 4 of them natives o(

Brit,¡in.

S AV .\NNA. a town and river ofGeorgia. in North·Ame–

rie.: W.long. 8 , 020'. N la, . 3'0.

SAUCrSSE. or S AU' AGE. in lhe md".ry art oalong traio

o( powder. (ewed up in a roll of pi,ehed d o,h. about

{'.lO

¡nches in diameter, fcrving to

fel

6rt

10 mines.

S AUCISSON. in forti6eation. a mar, of large bral1ehes of

Irees bound together; and d¡lfering only (rom a f.(cine.

as ,his is eompured of

rm.II

branehes of l\Vig•.

SauclÍfons are employed la conr the men, anJ la make

cpaUI(meCIS.

S AVE. a large river of Germany whieh rifing in Carin·

t ~la,

runs

ean

through Carniola anu Cro:nia, and

dlvL

d,ng ScI.voni. from Turky. direharges i,(elf in

,he

D.·

Lube

lJ:lgrade .

S AV IN. in bOlany. See

Ju.IP

.. u • .

S.'\

V I~UR.

an 'ppell..ion peeu".rI)' givrn

J e(us Chri(l.

as be,ng the: true

~t ,ffi

and

Sal/iour

of the: world .

Or¿~r

SAVIOUJI. a reliólous orJer in

t!H~

Romilh

chureh. foundcd by S, HriJg« .•bou, th. yc", "34\ ;

and

c.dlc:d

fmm

lIS

bt:ing

prtlclIJed

,hat

ou r

$. \'i.

Our hlmfdf diél",teJ tO the fUUlldrtrs

conltitutions ",nd

rules.

A-.:corrling to the conOitutions, this arder is princip..

lly

{ounded

fOI

rct.gious WOlllen whu

p~y

pArtlCul.ar

hOllour

to the

holy

TllglO:

bUI lhtrc

are fume Ol.Joks of ,he

or·

der, to acimlOllt..

th~ t~cramentS,

and

fl"fltu ..1

.,¡,ffilld,Dce

(he nuns.

SAUMUR •• ei,y of F ran-e, in ,he p,nvince of Orlea.

no,> .nd Ou hy vr Anjuu; ,we",) rvur mlle, ..

' ''Jou.

VOL. IU N0

1)2-

2..

s e

SA\JNDERS. See S'ST<LU'"

S ..\. VOL:\XIA . • fuildiv,fion

Flnland. in Rllrrl•• filu -

led betw\.cn C,Ij:miA, Kexholm.

Cardia,

alld

BUlhnid.

S.'\VOIl Y. in bo..ny.

Se~

SA'·UREIA.

S.-\VOUR . See T 'ST E.

SA VCY•• ¿uchy. Illu. ..d betw<eo France and !toly.

the wd t fi je of ,he Alps ; b"unded hy the

I.ke

. nd

lel ritory of Gc=neva.

the

north

\.Iy

SWilZI

rbmd and

Picdmont

on lhe ean;

aoolher pan or Pieomunr a.,d

O.uphine. on the routh; and by Franche Compte .nd

O"uphioc,

lhe wefL

SAUVAGES rA. in botany. a genus of Ihe penu nd,i2

ll1onogynia

clars.

The

calix coolitls

f.VI.

Icaves, and

lhe coralla of 6ve limuriatcd pel-als; Ihe m:tluiuOl h.s

live Jeaves, Iying alceraalely b: tween the petals ;

and the

capfule hll.s one cdl. There

but one fpecies, a natÍ\!c

o( J .maiea.

SAVv,

ilOioO rumenl which fe rves

cut iota pieces fevcral

folid m;¡tlcrs;

wood,

llone,

jyolY.

!:le.

The be(l C.w, are of tempereú Ileer ground brigh, and

fmoolh:

lhore ofiroo areooly kilmOlerhardencd: her:ce,

,he f. rlt. befides

th.ir

being Iblfer. are likew ,re fOllnd

rmoolher thao the

Jan.

T hey are knowo lO 1-c

well

hammered by ,he (liff bending of ,he blade; and

\Ve" . nd evenly ground. by ,he" bendingcqu.lly io a

bo\V.

SA\V· r lsH. Ste SQ..UALUS.

S AXIFRAGA •• io bo"ny. a genus o( Ihe decandria digy.

nia cL1:s. T he caJix confifls or five fegments, ilnd

the

coroll, o( five petals ; ,he caprule has a double beak and

one eell. T he (pecies are 38. nine of ,hem natives of

llric.un

T he

tuberofities al lhe

roal

of the graoulata or \I.'hite·

flowered faxirrage are kepl

lhe

fllOpS,

under the

name

or r",xifrage.fecds; they are diureuc and attenuaOl : itnrl

therefnre good iD nephrttic cafes and oblb utllons of the

!n(,'nfes and ,,¡fcera.

SAXONY. ,he

D.me

1\\'0

cirdes of the Gtrman emrire.

dllbngu.lhed by Ihe epitbelS Upper and Lower. The

eircle o( Upper Saxoroy comprehend, the duchy of

S.txony, Ihe malqulrlJttS of !\[i(oia, LUr.tli., anJ }jran·

denburg, aad the dnchies of Pomertlcia

SilX Hall,

s..

Ahtmburg.

S..

x M er/bu rg. and Sax .un,burg. Tl:e

cirele of Lower·S ¡xany comprehrnds lhe duchies of

~tecklenburi,

Holfiein, Lawtnbu'g.

L unenburg,

Zelf,

Rlemen, Brunrwic,

Hano\·tr

aod

Magd~burc:

,he

prtn~

eipali,ies of Verdeo and H"tberltat. aod ,he bllhoprick of

H lldclh<iOl.

S:\Y

SAYE, in «lmmerce, a kind offerge or \'Ioolleo

(lulf. much ured abro.d rM liolng'. and by Ihe religiou,

(or fhiru:

with

liS

is u(ed

for

aprons

fcveral

tons

o( d, "ifice". b. ing

ufu.Uy

dy«l

ereLO.

SCA BIOS .... iD

bOI.oy.

a plan,

,he telundri. monogy·

nia

elites.

T he

corumon

calix

confiOs

of m,¡ny

I~avts

•

lhe

propcr

00 " is

double

the recC'ptaele

p;¡!elC~ous.

T llC fpecies :lre

2)1

thr('('of them oatt\·es or Bntaln,

lUZ.

lhe fucc,fa, or

devil's'bit; ,he

arv~Dfis.

(Ir com.

OIon Gtld «abious ; and the columbari•• or lelfer

fidd

fCiibious.

SC.\FFULD. among builders••

aif

,mbl.ge

of pl••

!..s

'Dd

bl ,lid, (ulhin,,¡ by IIdTer, .otl

pICO"

\looJ

I;..ed

the U'lll; \\Ih(f(on mArOn" brick I"yers, oc. O",nd tO

\\'"rk in building hlgh

IV.US.

cre.

'Dd plcn"e"

pla.

Ilenng «ilings.

&c.

s"e;