savine

savine (countable and uncountable, plural savines)

1. Alternative form of savin
   • 1837, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (UK), Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 9-10, page 356,

     In Asia Minor, Mount Taurus is covered with forests of cypress, juniper, and savines.

   • 1837, Charles A. Lee, Report of a Trial for Murder, by the Administration of Oil of Savine, for the purpose of procuring Abortion: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 21, page 355:

     Believing that she was pregnant, he gave oil of savine, a deleterious drug, intending to bring on abortion, and an inflammation of the womb was produced, and she died.

   • 1996, Suzanne W. Hull, Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women‎, page 126:

     Savine was considered an abortifacient, though why it was thought a threat to a small girl is unclear.

• Visean, evasin, naives, navies, naïves

savine

1. Alternative form of savyne