SAFETYING
Verb
safetying
present participle of safety
Source: Wiktionary
SAFETY
Safe"ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sauveté.]
1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or
hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
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.
2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from libility 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.
Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand
sorrows off. Beau. & Fl.
3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak.
4. (Football)
Definition: Same as Safety touchdown, below. 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.
– 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition