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opular historical or religious tale of olden time. And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days of old. Longfellow.

Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton.

The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. Cowper. Natural sagacity improved by generous education. V. Knox.

e writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank. "Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow." Longfellow.

Sagapenum.

A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. U. S. Disp.

A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton; or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd. The active preacher . . . the argue schoolman. Milman.

Same as Assagai.

Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

th fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity. [Obs.] Addison.

A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.

Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. Shak.

Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.

n in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance. Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. Whewell. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Shenstone.

Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.

nd their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.

t, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too di…