n. Seasonal affective disorder. [ Acron. ] [ PJC ]

a. [ Compar. Sadder superl. Saddest. ] [ OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. saed satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. saðr, saddr, Goth. saþs, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. Assets, Sate, Satiate, Satisfy, Satire. ] 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,
For unto them it is a bitter sweet. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [ Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His hand, more sad than lump of lead. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. “Sad-colored clothes.” Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [ Obs. ] “Ripe and sad courage.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. [ 1913 Webster ]

First were we sad, fearing you would not come;
Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [ Colloq. ] “Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.” I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sad bread, heavy bread. [ Scot. & Local, U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make sorrowful; to sadden. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How it sadded the minister's spirits! H. Peters. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Per. sad-dar the hundred gates or ways; sad a hundred + dar door, way. ] A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Saddened p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening. ] To make sad. Specifically: (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth. (c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become, or be made, sad. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Sadda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G. sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. söðull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit. ] 1. A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Arch.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Phys. Geog.) A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. (Mining) A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Saddle bar (Arch.), one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. Oxf. Gloss. --
Saddle gall (Far.), a sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle. --
Saddle girth, a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place. --
saddle horse, a horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle. --
Saddle joint, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet. --
Saddle roof, (Arch.), a roof having two gables and one ridge; -- said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof. --
Saddle shell (Zool.), any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Saddled p. pr. & vb. n. Saddling ] [ AS. sadelian. ] 1. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding. “saddle my horse.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass. Gen. xxii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Saddle-backed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle. [ 1913 Webster ]