Definition of Safty
Safe"ty (?), n. [Cf. F.
sauveté.] 1. The condition or state
of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt,
injury, or loss.
Up led by thee,
Into the heaven I have presumed,
An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
Return me to my native element. Milton.
2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger
or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the
quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying
trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
Would there were any safety in thy sex,
That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
And credit thy repentance! Beau. & Fl.
3. Preservation from escape; close
custody.
Imprison him, . . .
Deliver him to safety; and return.
Shak.
4. (Football) Same as Safety
touchdown, below.
Safety arch (Arch.), a discharging
arch. See under Discharge, v. t. --
Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant
material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a
person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Safety
buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a
safety belt. -- Safety cage (Mach.),
a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent
it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. --
Safety lamp. (Mining) See under
Lamp. -- Safety match, a match which
can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the
purpose. -- Safety pin, a pin made in the
form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not
prick the wearer. -- Safety plug. See
Fusible plug, under Fusible. -- Safety
switch. See Switch. -- Safety
touchdown (Football), the act or result of a
player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which
received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished
from touchback. See Touchdown. -- Safety
tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to
control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the
outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those
reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence.
-- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a
spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of
steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel,
when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a
similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the
pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent
collapse.
Safe"ty (?), n. (a)
(Amer. Football) A safety touchdown.
(b) Short for Safety bicycle.
Safe"ty (?), n. [Cf. F.
sauveté.] 1. The condition or state
of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt,
injury, or loss.
Up led by thee,
Into the heaven I have presumed,
An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
Return me to my native element. Milton.
2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger
or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the
quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying
trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
Would there were any safety in thy sex,
That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
And credit thy repentance! Beau. & Fl.
3. Preservation from escape; close
custody.
Imprison him, . . .
Deliver him to safety; and return.
Shak.
4. (Football) Same as Safety
touchdown, below.
Safety arch (Arch.), a discharging
arch. See under Discharge, v. t. --
Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant
material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a
person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Safety
buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a
safety belt. -- Safety cage (Mach.),
a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent
it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. --
Safety lamp. (Mining) See under
Lamp. -- Safety match, a match which
can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the
purpose. -- Safety pin, a pin made in the
form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not
prick the wearer. -- Safety plug. See
Fusible plug, under Fusible. -- Safety
switch. See Switch. -- Safety
touchdown (Football), the act or result of a
player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which
received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished
from touchback. See Touchdown. -- Safety
tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to
control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the
outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those
reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence.
-- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a
spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of
steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel,
when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a
similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the
pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent
collapse.
Safe"ty (?), n. (a)
(Amer. Football) A safety touchdown.
(b) Short for Safety bicycle.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
- A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental use
Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
- (fb) When a player is either tackled in or loses the ball out of his team's own end zone resulting in two points for the opposite team
He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.
- (fb) The defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort
The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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