saginus

1 saginus [? cf. CL sagina], kind of tree or shrub, perh. white hazel (Corylus; ? cf. sagina 2, w. ref. to use of hazelnuts for food or for fattening animals), or witch hazel (Ulmus montana or sim.). nomina arborum: ‥ corilus, hæsel. ~us, hwit hæsel Ælf. Gl. 137.

2 saginus [? cf. CL sagina], waste resulting from smelting metals, slag. scoria, sordes metallorum, quod ~us dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 562.