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Traditional English :: sax(1)
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saxphone.html - n. colloq. 1 a saxophone. 2 a saxophone-player. |
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Traditional English :: sax(2)
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saxphone.html - n.
(also zax) a slater's chopper, with a point for making nail-holes. [OE seax knife f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: saxatile
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saxphone.html - adj.
living or growing on or among rocks. [F saxatile or L saxatilis f. saxum rock] |
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Traditional English :: saxboard
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saxphone.html - n.
the uppermost strake of an open boat. [SAX(2) + BOARD] |
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Traditional English :: saxe
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saxphone.html - n. (in full saxe blue) (often attrib.) a lightish blue colour with a greyish tinge. [F, = Saxony, the source of a dye of this colour] |
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Traditional English :: saxhorn
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saxphone.html - n. any of a series of different-sized brass wind instruments with valves and a funnel-shaped mouthpiece, used mainly in military and brass bands. [Sax, name of its Belgian inventors, + HORN] |
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