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save-all
(encz) | save-all, n: |
Save-all
(gcide) | Save-all \Save"-all`\, n. [Save + all.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
(c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.
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save-all
(wn) | save-all
n 1: a receptacle for catching waste products for further use
2: a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
3: a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship |
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Save-all
(gcide) | Save-all \Save"-all`\, n. [Save + all.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
(c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.
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