sayl (sa)

[ I'l condescend to hear you say your say , Provided you yourselves in quiet spread Before my window. 2. Word; a urance. J. Beaumont , Psyche, v. 74. And look to this venison. There's a breast! you may your two fingers into the say there, and not get to the Kingsley, Westward Ho, viii. bottom of the fat. 3. Tried quality; temper; proof. Through the dead carcases he made his way, Mongst which he found a sword of better say. Spenser, F. Q., VI. xi. 47. To give a say, to make an attempt. This fellow, captain, Will come, in time, to be a great distiller, And give a say - I will not say directly, But very fair-at the philosopher's stone. B. Jonson, Alchemist, i. 1. To give the say, to give a urance of the good quality of the wines and dishes: a duty formerly performed at court by the royal taster. His [Charles I.'s] cup was given on the knee, as were the covered dishes; the say was given , and other accustomed ceremonies of the court observed. Herbert. ( Nares .) To take the say. (a) To test or taste. Philip therefore and Iollas, which were woont to take the say of the kings cup, having the poison ready in cold water, myxed it with wine after they had tasted it. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius. (b) In hunting , to make a cut down the belly of a dead deer in order to see how fat it is. say2t (sā), v. t. [ sayen ; by apheresis from a ay, e ay.] 1. To a ay; test. No mete for mon schalle sayed be, Bot for kynge or prynce or duke so fre; For heiers of paraunce also y-wys Mete shalle be sayed ; now thenkys on this. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 315. Sh' admires her cunning; and incontinent ' Sayes on herselfe her manly ornament. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. 2. To e ay; attempt; endeavor; try. say3t (sā), n. Once I'll say As for that ye desyr that I shuld send yow word that I shuld sey in this mater, I pray yow in this and all other lyke, ask the seyeres if the i will abyd be ther langage, and as for me, sey I prupose me to take no mater uppon me butt that I woll abyde by. Paston Letters , L. 348. Some men, namely, poets, are natural sayers , sent into Emerson, The Poet. sayer2t (sā'er), n. [ sayer's duty was to prevent unwholesome food from being sold in the market. sayette (sa-et'), n. [F. sayette , OF. sayete (= Sp. sayete , sayito = Pg. saieta = It. saietta ), serge, dim. of saye , serge: see say4 .] 1. A light stuff made of pure wool, or of wool and silk: it is a kind of serge, adapted for linings, furniture-coverings, and the like. - 2. A woolen yarn intermediate in quality between combed yarn and carded yarn. A long staple is used, but instead of being combed it is carded on a mill of peculiar construction. It is used in making stockings, carpets, Berlin wool work, etc. Also called half - worsted yarn . See worsted yarn, under yarn.- Fil de sayette, the peculiar woolen thread used for sayette.