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[ saks ] / sæks /
Origin of sax1By shortening Words nearby saxsaw-toothed, sawtooth roof, saw-whet owl, saw-wort, sawyer, sax, saxatile, Saxe, Saxe-Altenburg, saxe blue, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Definition for sax (2 of 3)[ saks ] / sæks /
nouna short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia. Origin of sax2before 900; Middle English sexe,Old English seax, sæx; cognate with Old Norse sax (Swedish, Danish sax scissors). See saw1 Definition for sax (3 of 3)Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for saxThree days after that, the author of the original Rollins piece published a defense of his skewering of the sax icon. What’s With This Uncool Surge in Jazz Bashing?|Ted Gioia|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Here the sax legend offered observations “in his own words” on his life and times. What’s With This Uncool Surge in Jazz Bashing?|Ted Gioia|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST After Clinton played his sax on Arsenio Hall, he sat down and talked about the problems of crime and poverty. Yes, Lincoln Would Have Done ‘Between Two Ferns’|Jeff Greenfield|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sax accuses the ACLU of casting itself as a “freedom fighter” and casting him as “the Ku Klux Klan.” Classroom Warfare: Same-Sex Classes at Public Schools Ignite a Fight |Abigail Pesta|August 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sax says teachers have claimed successes with the Van Devender program. Classroom Warfare: Same-Sex Classes at Public Schools Ignite a Fight |Abigail Pesta|August 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST I am inclined to bring in here the Granta, and to suggest that it may have been a Sax. The River-Names of Europe|Robert Ferguson Where will ye find the Small Scotch that's fu' sax inches in height? The Haunts of Old Cockaigne|Alex Thompson I warnt him against it, an' I telt him his ither wumman was deid but sax months. St. Cuthbert's|Robert E. Knowles This morning we came about sax Miles to Breakfast, by rather a better path, and we are now in by comparison a Mansion. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends|John Keats Bailey derives the word in this sense, and as denoting the insect, from Sax. Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854|Various
British Dictionary definitions for sax (1 of 2)
nouna tool resembling a small axe, used for cutting roofing slate Word Origin for saxOld English seax knife; related to Old Saxon sahs, Old Norse sax British Dictionary definitions for sax (2 of 2)
nouninformal short for saxophone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |