sayid, saiyid (said)

[Ar.: see seid.] A title of honor (literally 'lord') a umed by the members of the Koreish, the tribe to which Mohammed belonged. On the death of the imam, or rather the sayyid , Said of Muscat, in that year, his dominions were divided between his two sons. Encyc. Brit ., XXIV. 769. saying (sā'ing), n. [ seyenge ; verbal n. of sayl, v.] 1. That which is said; an expre ion; a statement; a declaration. Here Seyenges I repreve noughte. Moses fled at this saying . Mandeville , Travels, p. 185. Acts vii. 29. Philosophy has a fine saying for everything.