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English

Etymology

From sauvete < salvetet from salvitatem, from salvus.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-safety.ogg


Noun

{{en-infl-noun|safet|ies|-}}

  1. The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
  2. :If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
  3. A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental use
  4. :Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
  5. When a player is either tackled in or loses the ball out of his team's own end zone resulting in two points for the opposite team
  6. :''He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.
  7. The defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort
  8. :The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Safety \Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet['e].]
1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger
or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
[1913 Webster]

Up led by thee,
Into the heaven I have presumed,
An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
Return me to my native element. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from
liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the
quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence,
justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Would there were any safety in thy sex,
That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
And credit thy repentance! --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]

3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
[1913 Webster]

Imprison him, . . .
Deliver him to safety; and return. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Amer. Football) the act or result of a ball-carrier on
the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line,
or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own
goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind
that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a
play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the
defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback,
when the ball is downed behind the goal after being
propelled there or last touched by a player of the
defending team. See Touchdown. Same as {Safety
touchdown}, below.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

5. Short for Safety bicycle. [archaic]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. a switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents
the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also
called safety catch, safety lock, or lock. [archaic]
[PJC]
WordNet safety
n 1: the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be
caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure
the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety
is risk" [ant: danger]
2: a safe place; "He ran to safety" [syn: refuge]
3: a device designed to prevent injury [syn: guard, {safety
device}]
4: (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such
a way that the batter reaches base safely [syn: base hit,
bingle]
5: contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex
sheath worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: condom,
rubber, safe, prophylactic]
6: a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his
own goal line
Moby Dictionary
aegis , arm guard , assurance , backstop , buffer , bulwark , bumper ,
contraceptive , copyright , cover , crash helmet , cushion , dashboard ,
defense , dodger , eye , face mask , fender , finger guard , foot guard ,
fuse , goggles , governor , guard , guardrail , hand guard , handrail ,
hard hat , helmet , impregnability , insulation , interlock ,
inviolability , invulnerability , knee guard , knuckle guard ,
laminated glass , lee , life preserver , lifeline ,
lightning conductor , lightning rod , mask , mudguard , nose guard ,
pad , padding , palladium , patent , pilot , preservation , preventive ,
prophylactic , protection , protective clothing , protective custody ,
protective umbrella , refuge , safeguard , safekeeping , safeness ,
safety glass , safety plug , safety rail , safety shoes ,
safety switch , safety valve , sanctuary , screen , seat belt ,
security , shade , shadow , shelter , shield , shin guard , sun helmet ,
umbrella , watchful eye , windscreen , windshield


FOLDOC safety

See safe, safety-critical system.


SAFETY-:CLUTCH:, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall of an elevator, or cage, in case of an accident to the hoisting apparatus. Once I seen a human ruin In an elevator-well, And his members was bestrewin' All the place where he had fell. And I says, apostrophisin' That uncommon woful wreck: "Your position's so surprisin' That I tremble for your neck!" Then that ruin, smilin' sadly And impressive, up and spoke: "Well, I wouldn't tremble badly, For it's been a fortnight broke." Then, for further comprehension Of his attitude, he begs I will focus my attention On his various arms and legs -- How they all are contumacious; Where they each, respective, lie; How one trotter proves ungracious, T'other one an _alibi_. These particulars is mentioned For to show his dismal state, Which I wasn't first intentioned To specifical relate. None is worser to be dreaded That I ever have heard tell Than the gent's who there was spreaded In that elevator-well. Now this tale is allegoric -- It is figurative all, For the well is metaphoric And the feller didn't fall. I opine it isn't moral For a writer-man to cheat, And despise to wear a laurel As was gotten by deceit. For 'tis Politics intended By the elevator, mind, It will boost a person splendid If his talent is the kind. Col. Bryan had the talent (For the busted man is him) And it shot him up right gallant Till his head begun to swim. Then the rope it broke above him And he painful come to earth Where there's nobody to love him For his detrimented worth. Though he's livin' none would know him, Or at leastwise not as such. Moral of this woful poem: Frequent oil your safety-clutch. Porfer Poog
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