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tters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height. W. Savage.

A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard. Hunting leopard. See Cheetah. Leopard cat (Zoö…

dom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press. A wit that no licentious pertness knows. Savage.

Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.

l.), any one of several species of Cypræa (esp. C. moneta) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See Cowrie. -- Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e.g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin.…

A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism] Here and there turns up a ... savage mot. N. Brit. Rev.

A rude, fierce person. [Obs.] No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton.

The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.

a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.

Outlay; expenditure. [R.] A mere outspend of savageness. I. Taylor.

Not capable of being painted or described. "In paintless patience." Savage.

Supplied with perquisites. [Obs.] "Perquisited varlets frequent stand." Savage.

Without complaint; unrepining. "Plaintless patience." Savage.

Disposed to take prey. [Obs.] The preyful brood of savage beasts. Chapman.

A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw. Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. De Quincey.

lay a complot to betray thy foes. Shak. The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel. Kames.

elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.

sess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them. W. Savage.

brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.

Savage. [Obs.] Spenser.