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Webster 1913 Edition


Save-all

Save′-allˊ

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Noun.
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Save
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all
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Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
Specifically:
(a)
A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
(b)
(Naut.)
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
Totten.
(c)
A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.

Definition 2024


save-all

save-all

English

Noun

save-all (plural save-alls)

  1. Anything that saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
    1. A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so they can be burned.
    2. (nautical) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
      (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
    3. A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.