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Webster 1913 Edition


Save-all

Save′-allˊ

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Noun.
[
Save
+
all
.]
Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
Specifically:
(a)
A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
(b)
(Naut.)
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
Totten.
(c)
A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.