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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Save-all \Save"-all`\, n. [Save + all.] Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss Specifically: a A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned. b (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it --Totten. c A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: save-all n 1: a receptacle for catching waste products for further use 2: a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail 3: a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship
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