They escaped all safe to land. Acts xxvii. 44. [ 1913 Webster ]

Established in a safe, unenvied throne. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. “The man of safe discretion.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The King of heaven hath doomed
This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe. [ 1913 Webster ]

But Banquo's safe?
Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Secure; unendangered; sure. [ 1913 Webster ]

He him by all the bonds of love besought
To safe-conduct his love. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne. Granville. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct. Shak. [ 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 ]

Safety arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. --
Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. --
Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. --
Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. --
Safety lamp. (Mining) See under Lamp. --
Safety match, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. --
Safety pin, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. --
Safety plug. See Fusible plug, under Fusible. --
Safety switch. See Switch. --
Safety touchdown (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See Touchdown. Same as safety --
Safety tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. --
Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye vouchsafe that it be so. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To receive or accept in condescension. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold
What power the charms of beauty had of old. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]