Saddle-bars. Said of small iron bars, in glazing casements, to which the lead panels are fastened.
Saddle-roof, Arch. A roof of two gables. (French, en batière.)
Safety-arch, Arch. An arch in a wall over a door or window, to keep the weight of the wall above off the lintel.
Safflower. A delicate red colour obtained from the flower of that name.
Saffron (It. zafferano). Produced from the flowers of the crocus; a yellow pigment principally used as a glazing.
Saga, R. A woman skilled in religious mysteries; and thence a witch or sorceress.
Sagaris, Orient. (σάγαρις). A two-edged axe, also called bipennis; it was used by the Amazons, Massagetæ, and Persians. (See Bipennis.)
Sagena, Gr. and R. (σαγήνη). A large fishing-net; modern seine. It was fitted with leaden weights at the bottom and corks at the top.
Sagitta, R. (1) An arrow; primitively with heads of flint, afterwards of bronze and iron. The heads of the arrows of the Greeks and Romans were oval; among other nations they were triangular and barbed, like those carried by the Sagittarius in Fig. [599]. This kind of arrow was called sagitta hasta or adunca. (2) A lancet for bleeding animals.
