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Webster 1913 Edition

Savine

{

Sav′in

,

Sav′ine

, }
Noun.
[OE.
saveine
, AS.
safinae
,
savine
, L.
sabina herba
. Cf.
Sabine
.]
[Written also
sabine
.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A coniferous shrub (
Juniperus Sabina
) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc.
(b)
The North American red cedar (
Juniperus Virginiana
.)

Definition 2024

savine

savine

English

Noun

savine ‎(plural savines)

  1. Alternative form of savin
    • 1837, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (UK), Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 9-10, page 356,
      In Asia Minor, Mount Taurus is covered with forests of cypress, juniper, and savines.
    • 1837, Charles A. Lee, Report of a Trial for Murder, by the Administration of Oil of Savine, for the purpose of procuring Abortion, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Volume 21, page 355,
      Believing that she was pregnant, he gave oil of savine, a deleterious drug, intending to bring on abortion, and an inflammation of the womb was produced, and she died.
    • 1996, Suzanne W. Hull, Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women, page 126,
      Savine was considered an abortifacient, though why it was thought a threat to a small girl is unclear.

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