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  "saxitoxin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a potent nonprotein neurotoxin C 10 H 17 N 7 O 4 \u00b72HCl that originates especially in dinoflagellates (genera Alexandrium , Gymnodinium , and Pyrodinium ) found in red tides and that sometimes occurs in and renders toxic normally edible mollusks which feed on them":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsak-s\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4k-s\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Also gathered there and likely to have high levels of saxitoxin were butter clams, a species known for holding the toxins for extended time periods \u2014 and also an important food source for personal-use harvesters. \u2014 Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "The poison, called saxitoxin , comes from the same algae that glows like fairy dust at night in the lagoon. \u2014 USA TODAY , 21 Feb. 2020",
      "The study, led by Florida Tech, is the first report of saxitoxin being detected in marine mammals absent an algae bloom. \u2014 USA TODAY , 21 Feb. 2020",
      "Analysis found moderate levels of saxitoxin in samples taken from some decaying bodies. \u2014 Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2019",
      "The rest had moderate levels of saxitoxin , according to Lefebvre. \u2014 Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2019",
      "The two most common strains -- saxitoxin and domoic acid -- attack the nervous system. \u2014 Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2019",
      "Alexandrium produces the toxin saxitoxin , which remains in the gulf in low concentrations during the year and explodes during blooms. \u2014 Jenny Howard, National Geographic , 5 July 2019",
      "According to Sheffield, three of the walruses had low to moderate levels of saxitoxin , while the fourth one had high levels. \u2014 Author: Davis Hovey, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "saxi- (from New Latin Saxidomus giganteus , species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + toxin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1962, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091103"
  },
  "Saxo Grammaticus":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "circa 1150\u2013after 1216 Danish historian":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsak-(\u02cc)s\u014d-gr\u0259-\u02c8ma-ti-k\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111909"
  },
  "saxigenous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": saxicolous":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)sak\u00a6sij\u0259n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin saxigenus , from saxi- + -genus (from gignere to beget)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114519"
  },
  "Saxon":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the fifth century a.d. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people":[],
      ": an Englishman or lowlander as distinguished from a Welshman, Irishman, or Highlander":[],
      ": a native or inhabitant of Saxony":[],
      ": the Germanic language or dialect of any of the Saxon peoples":[],
      ": the Germanic element in the English language especially as distinguished from the French and Latin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sak-s\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Late Latin Saxones Saxons, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Seaxan Saxons":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115526"
  },
  "Saxony":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fine soft woolen fabric":[],
      ": a fine closely twisted knitting yarn":[],
      ": a Wilton jacquard carpet":[],
      "region and former duchy of northwestern Germany south of the Jutland Peninsula between the Elbe and Rhine rivers \u2014 see lower saxony":[],
      "region and state of reunified Germany north of the Erzgebirge mountain range and bordering the Czech Republic and Poland; capital Dresden area 7081 square miles (18,340 square kilometers), population 4,056,799 \u2014 see saxe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sak-s(\u0259-)n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Federal prosecutors said that 30-year-old Abdulmalk A. and 23-year-old Mousa H. A. were arrested Tuesday in Berlin and the nearby state of Saxony -Anhalt, based on warrants issued last week. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 9 May 2017",
      "Saxony is already home to plants owned by Volkswagen and BMW. \u2014 Brian Parkin, Bloomberg.com , 4 May 2017",
      "Saxony is home to the anti-immigrant movement known as Pegida \u2014 the German acronym for Patriotic Europeans Against Islamization of the West \u2014 and has been the site of some of the most virulent attacks on refugees. \u2014 Melissa Eddy, New York Times , 10 Oct. 2016",
      "What's noteworthy: Saxony presents is annual Independence Day celebration at Witten Park. \u2014 Ryan Wright, Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2017",
      "Saxony Rd., 9710-Samuel I. and Rose Titelman to Carlos S. Mahomar Jr., $400,000. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 June 2017",
      "Beijing WKW will invest as much as 1.13 billion euros ($1.24 billion) on an electric car factory in the eastern state of Saxony that will create over 1,000 new jobs, according to a statement by the regional government on Thursday. \u2014 Brian Parkin, Bloomberg.com , 4 May 2017",
      "Saxony has not been immune to the racist stirrings of the Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland party, challenging Angela Merkel\u2019s ruling coalition. \u2014 Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2017",
      "Most of the rest of Volkswagen\u2019s shares are owned by the German state of Lower Saxony and the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, which tend to side with the family. \u2014 Jack Ewing, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Saxony , Germany":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131753"
  },
  "saxifrax":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sassafras":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8saks\u0259\u02ccfraks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification (influenced by Late Latin saxifraga saxifrage) of Spanish sasafr\u00e1s sassafras":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184003"
  },
  "saxony":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fine soft woolen fabric":[],
      ": a fine closely twisted knitting yarn":[],
      ": a Wilton jacquard carpet":[],
      "region and former duchy of northwestern Germany south of the Jutland Peninsula between the Elbe and Rhine rivers \u2014 see lower saxony":[],
      "region and state of reunified Germany north of the Erzgebirge mountain range and bordering the Czech Republic and Poland; capital Dresden area 7081 square miles (18,340 square kilometers), population 4,056,799 \u2014 see saxe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sak-s(\u0259-)n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Federal prosecutors said that 30-year-old Abdulmalk A. and 23-year-old Mousa H. A. were arrested Tuesday in Berlin and the nearby state of Saxony -Anhalt, based on warrants issued last week. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 9 May 2017",
      "Saxony is already home to plants owned by Volkswagen and BMW. \u2014 Brian Parkin, Bloomberg.com , 4 May 2017",
      "Saxony is home to the anti-immigrant movement known as Pegida \u2014 the German acronym for Patriotic Europeans Against Islamization of the West \u2014 and has been the site of some of the most virulent attacks on refugees. \u2014 Melissa Eddy, New York Times , 10 Oct. 2016",
      "What's noteworthy: Saxony presents is annual Independence Day celebration at Witten Park. \u2014 Ryan Wright, Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2017",
      "Saxony Rd., 9710-Samuel I. and Rose Titelman to Carlos S. Mahomar Jr., $400,000. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 June 2017",
      "Beijing WKW will invest as much as 1.13 billion euros ($1.24 billion) on an electric car factory in the eastern state of Saxony that will create over 1,000 new jobs, according to a statement by the regional government on Thursday. \u2014 Brian Parkin, Bloomberg.com , 4 May 2017",
      "Saxony has not been immune to the racist stirrings of the Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland party, challenging Angela Merkel\u2019s ruling coalition. \u2014 Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2017",
      "Most of the rest of Volkswagen\u2019s shares are owned by the German state of Lower Saxony and the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, which tend to side with the family. \u2014 Jack Ewing, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Saxony , Germany":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184617"
  },
  "Saxon blue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dye made by dissolving indigo in sulfuric acid":[],
      ": smalt sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215707"
  },
  "Saxon wheel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a flax-spinning treadle machine in which the bobbin lags behind the fly with the spindle giving the twist to the yarn and the difference of speeds of the spindle and bobbin causing the bobbin to be wound":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from its being the invention of a 16th century German wood-carver":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230026"
  },
  "saxe":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "(Hermann-) Maurice 1696\u20131750 Comte de Saxe French general":[],
      "saxony":[
        "\u2014 its French name; used in English chiefly in names of former duchies in Thuringia: Saxe-Al*ten*burg \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8\u00e4l-\u200bt\u1d4an-\u200b\u02ccbu\u0307rg \\ , Saxe-Co*burg \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8k\u014d-\u200b\u02ccb\u0259rg \\ , Saxe-Go*tha \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8g\u014d-\u200bt\u0259 , -\u200bth\u0259 \\ , Saxe-Mei*ning*en \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8m\u012b-\u200bni\u014b-\u200b\u0259n \\ , and Saxe-Wei*mar-Ei*se*nach \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8v\u012b-\u200b\u02ccm\u00e4r-\u200b\u02c8\u012b-\u200bz\u0259-\u200b\u02ccn\u00e4k , -\u200b\u02ccn\u00e4\u1e35 \\"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8saks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234436"
  },
  "saxboard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the uppermost strake of an open boat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "sax entry 1 + board":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235037"
  },
  "Saxe":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "(Hermann-) Maurice 1696\u20131750 Comte de Saxe French general":[],
      "saxony":[
        "\u2014 its French name; used in English chiefly in names of former duchies in Thuringia: Saxe-Al*ten*burg \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8\u00e4l-\u200bt\u1d4an-\u200b\u02ccbu\u0307rg \\ , Saxe-Co*burg \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8k\u014d-\u200b\u02ccb\u0259rg \\ , Saxe-Go*tha \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8g\u014d-\u200bt\u0259 , -\u200bth\u0259 \\ , Saxe-Mei*ning*en \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8m\u012b-\u200bni\u014b-\u200b\u0259n \\ , and Saxe-Wei*mar-Ei*se*nach \\ \u02c8saks-\u200b\u02c8v\u012b-\u200b\u02ccm\u00e4r-\u200b\u02c8\u012b-\u200bz\u0259-\u200b\u02ccn\u00e4k , -\u200b\u02ccn\u00e4\u1e35 \\"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8saks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010228"
  },
  "sax":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": saxophone":[
        "plays sax in a local jazz ensemble",
        "\u2014 often used before another noun a sax player The transmission, as one editor put it, \"is as smooth as a Paul Desmond sax solo.\" \u2014 John Phillips"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8saks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Saturday, the Truckers had sax and trumpet players on a few songs, a nifty nod to Shoals roots. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
      "That year featured concerts by, respectively, organ legend Jimmy Smith, sax and flute great James Moody, and the band TanaReid. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "Michael had written this beautiful theme for her that had almost gotten too purpley, with a sax and everything. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Other Facts Studied music at Juilliard and toured the country playing tenor sax and clarinet with The Henry Jerome Orchestra. \u2014 CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The group currently has Alex Harding on baritone sax , Corey Wilkes on trumpet, the leader on drums and all three on percussion. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "As Eddie, the sleeveless, sax -playing delivery boy, Meat Loaf makes his Rocky Horror Picture Show film entrance through a wall on a motorcycle (of course) and turns a Grease-style rock 'n' roll anthem into something far sleazier. \u2014 Steve Knopper, EW.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Is there something magical that happens between you and a soprano sax ",
      "Singer Patrice Quinn puts the Holiday spin on the vocals, and, instead of Hammett\u2019s pyrotechnic guitar solo, Washington adds a little distortion to his sax and channels his own jaw-dropping lead. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 9 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013847"
  }
}