Sav"ing (?), a. 1.
Preserving; rescuing.
He is the saving strength of his
anointed.
Ps. xxviii. 8.
2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste;
frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving
cook.
3. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the
sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a
saving bargain; the ship has made a saving
voyage.
4. Making reservation or exception; as, a
saving clause.
&fist; Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound
adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
Sav"ing (sāv"&ibreve;ng), prep. or
conj.; but properly a participle.
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without
disrespect to. "Saving your reverence." Shak.
"Saving your presence." Burns.
None of us put off our clothes, saving that
every one put them off for washing.
Neh. iv.
23.
And in the stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Rev. ii.
17.
Sav"ing, n. 1.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved
or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
2. Exception; reservation.
Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but
still with a saving to honesty.
L'Estrange.
Savings bank, a bank in which savings or
earnings are deposited and put at interest.
Sav"ing (?), a. 1.
Preserving; rescuing.
He is the saving strength of his
anointed.
Ps. xxviii. 8.
2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste;
frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving
cook.
3. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the
sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a
saving bargain; the ship has made a saving
voyage.
4. Making reservation or exception; as, a
saving clause.
&fist; Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound
adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
Sav"ing (sāv"&ibreve;ng), prep. or
conj.; but properly a participle.
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without
disrespect to. "Saving your reverence." Shak.
"Saving your presence." Burns.
None of us put off our clothes, saving that
every one put them off for washing.
Neh. iv.
23.
And in the stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Rev. ii.
17.
Sav"ing, n. 1.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved
or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
2. Exception; reservation.
Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but
still with a saving to honesty.
L'Estrange.
Savings bank, a bank in which savings or
earnings are deposited and put at interest.
