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[SAXHORN.] săx-tu-ba, 8. [SAXHORN.] say (1), *saye (1), *seg-gen, *sig-gen, *sain, *seie, *sei-en, *sein, *seyn, v . t . & i. [A. S. sec gan, secgean (pa. t. sægde, sæde , pa. par. gesægd , sæd); cogn. with Icel. segja : Dan. sige ; Sw.säga ; Ger. sagen ; O. H. Ger. sekjan , segjan ; Dut. zeggen.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-0971.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] A. Trans.: To try, to a ay. "The tailor brings a suit home; he it says, Looks o'er the bill, likes it." pine, pit, sire, sir, Ben Jonson: Epigram 13. marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia say B. In trans.: To a ay, to make an attempt. "Once I'll say To strike the ear of time in those fresh strains." Ben Jonson: Poetaster. (To the Reader.) say (1), *saye (1), s. [SAY (1), v.] 1. That which one says or has to say; a speech, a story; hence, a declaration, a statement, an opinion. "Sooner or later Ru ia would be called upon to have her say in Bulgaria."-London Daily Telegraph. *2. A maxim, a saying, a saw, an adage. *say (2), s . [SAY (2), v.] IMG:content-0973.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Tried quality; temper, proof. "Mongst which he found a sword of better say." Spenser: F. Q., VI. xi. 47. (1) To give the say : To a ure the goodne of the wines and dishes, a duty formerly performed by the royal taster. (2) To give a say at : To make an attempt at. "And give a say-I will not say directly, But very fair-at the philosopher's stone." Ben Jonson: Alchymist, i. 1. (3) To taste the say : To taste meat or wine before presenting it, so as to ascertain that it is not poisoned. "Nor deem'd it meet that you to him convey The proffered bowl unle you taste the say." Rose: Orlando Furioso , xx. 61. *say (3), *saie, *saye (2), *sey, s . [O. Fr. saie (Fr. saye ), from Lat. saga , sagum , sag us =a coat or tunic: sagum =a mantle, a kind of cloth, from Gr. sayos a coarse cloak; Ital. saio =a long coat; Sp. say a , sayo a tunic.] 1. A kind of serge or woolen cloth. Fine cloths in Somersets hire, saies at Sudbury, crapes at Norwich." -Bp. Berkeley: Querist, § 520. 2. A kind of silk or satin. "Thou say , thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord."Shakesp.. Henry VI . , Pt. II., iv. 7.