Save-all

Save-all
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. [1913 Webster] (c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine. [1913 Webster]

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