• Saw. • Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. • Tried quality; temper; proof. • Essay; trial; attempt. • To try; to assay. • A kind of silk or satin. • A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. • To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. • To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. • 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. • 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. • To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. • A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.