Sax

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sax \Sax\, n. [AS. seax a knife.]
     A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of
     roofing slates.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Zax \Zax\ (z[a^]ks), n.
     A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates. [Written
     also {sax}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Sax
       n 1: a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the
            saxophone (1814-1894) [syn: {Adolphe Sax}]
       2: a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore [syn: {saxophone}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAX
       Simple API for XML (API, XML)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAX
       SUSE Advanced X [configuration tool] (SUSE, Linux)