sabine

4 definitions found

sabine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sabine \Sab"ine\, n. [F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the
     Sabines. Cf. Savin.] (Bot.)
     See Savin.
     [1913 Webster]

  Sabine \Sa"bine\, a. [L. Sabinus.]
     Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.
     -- n. One of the Sabine people.
     [1913 Webster]

  Savin \Sav"in\, Savine \Sav"ine\, n. [OE. saveine, AS. safinae,
     savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. Sabine.] [Written also
     sabine.] (Bot.)
     (a) A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia,
         occasionally found also in the northern parts of the
         United States and in British America. It is a compact
         bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small
         berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops
         are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea,
         etc.
     (b) The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.)
         [1913 Webster]

sabine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sabine
      adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines
      n 1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of
           Mexico [syn: Sabine, Sabine River]
      2: a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central
         Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated
         into the Roman state in 290 BC