His garment neither was of silk nor say.
Spenser.
Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said (sd), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Saying.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin
to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sagn, G. sagen, Icel.
segja, Sw. säga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate,
Gr. 'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. Saga, Saw a saying.] 1. To
utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said
many wise things.
Arise, and say how thou camest here.
Shak.
2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a
lesson.
Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to
say?
Shak.
After which shall be said or sung the following hymn.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.
3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to
assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be
determined in mind as to.
But what it is, hard is to say.
Milton.
4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation;
hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the
subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run,
say ten miles.
Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred
kisses such a trouble?
Shak.
It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people
assert or maintain. - - That is to say, that is; in other words;
otherwise.
Say, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge.
Shak.
To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us
to hear a husband divulge his household privacies?
Milton.
Say, n. [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.] A speech; something said;
an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic
or Colloq.]
He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap.
L'Estrange.
That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear
Full on the object of his fear.
Sir W. Scott.
Say"er (?), n. One who says; an utterer.
Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings.
Jeffrey.
Sa*yette" (?), n. [F. Cf. Say a kind of serge.] A mixed stuff, called
also sagathy. See Sagathy.
Say"ing (?), n. That which is said; a declaration; a statement,
especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books
enrolled.
Milton.
Syn. -- Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw;
proverb; byword.
Say"man (?), n. [Say sample + man.] One who assays. [Obs.] Bacon.
Say"mas`ter (?), n. A master of assay; one who tries or proves. [Obs.]
"Great saymaster of state." B. Jonson.
Saynd (?), obs. p. p. of Senge, to singe. Chaucer.
'Sblood (?), interj. An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an
oath. [Obs.] Shak.
Scab (skb), n. [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. scæb, sceabb, scebb,
Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, fr. scabere to scratch, akin to
E. shave. See Shave, and cf. Shab, Shabby.] 1. An incrustation over a
sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the
discharge from the diseased part.