Definition of say

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Say (v. t.) To try; to assay.

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Diet :: Diet (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet..
Stung :: Sting (v. t.) The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Adage :: Adage (n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb..
Againsay :: Againsay (v. t.) To gainsay.
Try :: Try (v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
Hearsay :: Hearsay (n.) Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Assay :: Assay (v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition..
Say :: Say (v. t.) To try; to assay.
Assay :: Assay (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin..
Soothsayer :: Soothsayer (n.) A mantis.
Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn..
Scorify :: Scorify (v. t.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag..
Monument :: Monument (n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record..
Ditty :: Ditty (v. t.) A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme..
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Assay :: Assay (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink..
Diverb :: Diverb (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.
Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a s
Scorifier :: Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button..
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
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