san.1
Heraldry.
= sable n.2
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > black
sable1352
dwale1562
diamond1572
Saturn1572
sab1655
sa1780
1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry I. sig. qqqii/1 Arms. Quarterly: First and fourth, sa. on a bend cottised ar.
1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her. II. Abberbury..or, a fesse embattled sa.
1871 J. B. Burke Peerage 195/2 Sa., a naked man, ppr.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
San.2
/ˌɛsˈeɪ/, U.S. /ˌɛsˈeɪ/ Chemistry. Now rare.
The element samarium.Sm is the usual symbol for this element.
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1883 Chem. News 2 Nov. 211/2 (table) Samarium (Yβ?). Sa.
1919 J. F. Spencer Metals Rare Earths v. 71 Samarium forms salts of the type SaX2 corresponding to an unknown oxide SaO.
1943 A. Silverman et al. in Bull. National Res. Council (U.S.) No. 107. 54 Samarium—Sa (or Sm)..Samarium borate—Sa2O3.B2O3.
2013 Jrnl. Molecular Catalysis A. 368 25/2 The concentration of La3+ ion (Ce4+ or Sa3+) was 0.05, 0.06, 0.07, 0.08, 0.09 mol/L, respectively.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† sa'v.
Obsolete.
transitive. = save v. in God sa' me and similar phrases.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > save, redeem [verb (transitive)]
aleseOE
abyeOE
buyc1175
washc1175
winc1220
salvea1225
savec1225
forbuyc1315
ransomc1350
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again-buya1382
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gain-buy1435
redeemc1438
pre-elect1561
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1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 5 Yet so god sa mee shees mine owne sister.
1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore sig. G3v Thats all so god sa me, I thirst after, bloud for bloud, bump for bump, nose for nose.
1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers iv. 61 As Gad shall sa'me, she is a very ingenious Woman.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 71 Friend Isaac, will you pleasure us in this matter, and our day shall be truly kept, so God sa' me?
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S.A.
S.A. n. (also s.a.) sex appeal.
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1926 Amer. Mercury Dec. 465 The girl is a looker with an armful of S.A. (sex appeal).
1930 H. R. Wakefield in London Merc. Feb. 315 They possessed so much S.A., IT, and B.U., that males of all ages..immediately fell for them.
1932 P. MacDonald Maze 216 A Gallic young woman with apparently some looks and, let us say, 98 per cent. vigorous S.A.
1961 John o' London's 6 July 57/2 Surely one of Hollywood's finest character actresses—all this and blonde S.A. too.
1974 ‘E. McGirr’ Murderous Journey 96 I saw you and the dame go into her apartment... I expected you to take longer. Losing the old s.a., Piron?
S.A.
S.A. n. (also S-A) Medicine sino-auricular or -atrial.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [adjective] > atrium
atrial1859
atrioventricular1879
S.A.1908
interatrial1911
sino-atrial1913
sinuatrial1935
ventriculoatrial1959
1907 Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 41 175 (caption) s.a.j., sino-auricular junction.]
1908 J. Mackenzie Dis. Heart p. xix Sino-auricular node (s.-a. node.)
1910 Jrnl. Physiol. 41 69 This observer finds no altered rhythm as the result of destruction of the S-A node by burning.
1929 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 999/1 A club-shaped formation known as the sino-auricular or the S-A node.
1944 C. P. Anthony Textbk. Anat. & Physiol. v. 177 It is named the sinoatrial node but is usually referred to simply as the S.A. node... It is also called the ‘pacemaker’ of the heart.
1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xxi. 386 Digitalis directly depresses the conducting tissues responsible for carrying the excitatory impulse from the S.A. node pacemaker.
S.A.
S.A. n. small arms.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > collectively
small arms1674
S.A.1876
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) p. x S.A., small-arms.
1879 Man. Artill. Exerc. ii. 39 Metal-lined Cases..for..blank S.A cartridges.
1888 Man. Field Service—Army Signallers (War Office) 12 Pins, linch, 3rd class (or 2nd class, steel, if for cart, ammunition, S.A.).
1924 Regul. Equipm. Army (Provisional) (War Office) ii. i. 4 Eyepieces, rubber, sights, telescopic, S.A., No. 2.
S.A.
S.A. n. (also S/A) [ < French société anonyme; also Italian società anonima, Spanish sociedad anónima] in France, Italy, etc., a limited or joint-stock company.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > joint stock
contributionship1701
joint-stock company1784
stock-company1827
industrial1843
S.A.1921
1921 London Directory 1707/1 Geneva, Switzerland. Mondiale Express Transports S/A.
1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm v. 83 There it was in black and white—Società Anonima Braganzetta, Torino. I had found S.A. Braga of Turin!
1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy iv. 80 Indocharter, Vientiane SA..was an overseas Chinese company.
S.A.
S.A. n. = Sturmabteilung n.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > German storm-troops
storm troops1923
Schutzstaffel1930
S.A.1931
SS1932
Totenkopf1943
Waffen SS1943
1931 W. Lewis Hitler ii. 60 The abovementioned defence-service..received the name of Storm-detachments—S.A., in memory of the ‘heroic onset of the at that time mere handful’.
1934 Ann. Reg. 1933 168 On February 22 Goering incorporated picked S.A. men as auxiliary Police Corps.
1955 Times 15 Aug. 4/4 A picture of him..wearing S.A. uniform and with his right arm raised.
1968 Listener 19 Sept. 358/3 I do not even know the difference between the SA and the SS, so how can I make such a film.
1977 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 36/7 The SS (Schutzstaffel) emerged as a powerful force after the 1934 purge which eliminated the SA (Sturmabteilung), the brown-shirted thugs who helped bring Hitler to political prominence.
S.A.
S.A. n. South Africa(n).
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1864 Notes & Queries 6 Feb. 117/1 Cape Town, S.A.
1891 W. S. Churchill Let. 27 Sept. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1967) I. Compan. i. v. 270 Mama has got a big map of S.A. on which she follows your route.
1933 J. Cary Amer. Visitor iv. 39 We were in S.A. together—the yeomanry.
1967 L. Meynell Mauve Front Door xv. 214 A bottle of S.A. sherry.
S.A.
S.A. n. South America(n).
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1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. S.A., South America.
1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xii. 55 And the bust-up of Brazilian securities (S.A. securities).
S.A.
S.A. n. South Australia(n).
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1864 South Austral. Advertiser 17 Oct. 2/4 Share List... S.A. Insurance... S.A. Gas.
1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft iv. 82 The S.A. family..could have been saved had they carried sufficient drinking water.
1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 11/2 Senator Hannaford of SA suffered a heart attack.
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