Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), a. [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L.
   silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See
   {Silvan}, and cf. {Sylvatic}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes
      and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage
      wilderness.
      
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   2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
      
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            Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. --Dryden.
      
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   3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life;
      savage manners.
      
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            What nation, since the commencement of the Christian
            era, ever rose from savage to civilized without
            Christianity?                         --E. D.
                                                  Griffin.
      
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   4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious;
      inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
      
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   Syn: Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught;
        uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal;
        heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless;
        merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See {Ferocious}.
        
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Savage \Sav"age\, n.
   1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is
      untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or
      manners.
      
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   2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
      
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Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), v. t.
   To make savage. [R.]
   
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         Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. --Southey.
   
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