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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



118 words match “SAVAGE”

TINCHEL n.
sing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass. [Scot.] We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! Sir W. Scott.
TOKEN n.
real value. See Token, n., 4. -- Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of each token. W. Savage.
TRIBE n.
A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.
TROGLODYTE n.
One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake." Holland.
TRUCULENCE; TRUCULENCY n.
The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.
TRUCULENT a.
Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray.
TYMPAN n.
pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. W. Savage.
UNCIVIL a.
Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized. Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a civil state together. Burke.
UNCIVILIZATION n.
The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. [R.]
UNCIVILIZED a.
Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.
URUS n.
A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Cæsar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
WAR n.
ar cry, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry. -- War dance, a dance among savages preliminary to going to war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike excursion. Schoolcraft. -- War field…
WART HOG n.
Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacochoerus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long…
WIELD v.
the foaming steed. Milton. Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade. S. S. Smith. To wield the scepter, to govern with supreme command.
WILD a.
Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
WILDNESS n.
wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
WOLF n. 2 definitions
Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs,…
ZOISM n.
Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among savages.
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