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To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. Derham.

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.

Reservation. [R.]

The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. Addison.

Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak.

The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.

The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate. "A sweet, dry small of salubrity." G. W. Cable.

The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

An exception; a reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. Eilon Basilike.

the common destiny. Dryden. Wildlife sanctuary, a tract of land set aside by law for the preservation of wildlife, in which no hunting is permitted.

Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory. Sanitary Commission. See under Commission.

The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century. H. Hartshorne.

and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.

Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

ntrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.

interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery. [U. S.]

e, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.

A mature female fish. The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton.

To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

e which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.