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SAY, v.1 and sb.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Aus. Pp. sayn w.Yks.5 [sē, seə.] 1. v. with In comb. adv. and prep.: (1) to say again, to find fault with; to disapprove of; (2) say awa', (a) to go on with what one is saying; (b) to say grace; hence to begin to eat; to ‘fall to’; (3) say for, to vouch for; to say; (4) say out, to speak; (5) say up, to speak up. (1) Ayr. I wouldna say again' a body o' men takin pikes an' guns, and maybe gieing a bit roar or twa owre the hill just to fricht the government, Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 43. (2, a) Rnf. Weel, jist say awa, Neilson Poems (1877) 51. (b) Cai.1 Abd, Now say awa', and fa' to it, It's just in season, Beattie Parings (1801) 40, ed. 1873. Per. Say awa, guidman (Jam.). Ayr. Noo say awa tae yoursels, like guid callan's, an' fa' tae, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 226. (3) Sc. (A.W.) Cum.4 ‘They knew your business.’ ‘I cannot say for that,’ w.Cum. Times (Jan. 28, 1899) 3, col. 2. w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Wil. ‘For’ is commonly added at the end of a sentence to ‘said.’ I do not think it goes with the present tense at all. ‘This here yent the same as you said for’ (E.H.G.). (4) w.Yks. A good thumpin if we sen out, Bywater Gossips, 22. (5) n.Yks. He didn't say 't up, bud we heeard weel eneeaf (I.W.). w.Yks. (J.W.) 2. Comb. (1) Say-awa’ or Seawa, (a) loquacity; ‘the gift of the gab’; (b) a discourse, narrative; (2) Say-nay, (a) a refusal; (b) the lamprey, Petromyzon marinus; (3) Say-so or Sesso, (a) a report or assertion of doubtful veracity; (b) a merely nominal advantage; (3) (c) in phr. for the say-so of a thing, as a matter of form; (d) in phr. upon one's say-so, upon one's word; (4) Say-well, the use of good and edifying words. (1, a) Bnff.1 (b) Abd. 'Twould be owre lang a seawa To tell a' said and done, Anderson Poems (1813) 85 (Jam.). (2, a) Nhp.1 You must stay now you're come, I'll have no say-nay (s.v. No Say-nay). (b) Lan. (Hall.) [Satchell (1879).] (3, a) Not. Maybe it's ony a sesso (L.C.M.). n.Lin.1 Thaay tell'd me 'at thaay reckon'd I look'd real well e' it, bud mebbe it was nobbud a saay-soä to pleäse mĕ. Nhp.1 Nhp.2 A mere say-so. War.2, Hnt. (T.P.F.) (b) Hrf.1 (c) War.2 I agreed with him, just for the say-so of the thing; War.3 I'll have a crust and glass of ale with you for the say-so of the thing. Oxf. (G.O.); Oxf.1 I went jest for the say-so a tha thing, but I didn't keer about it, MS. add. (d) s.Stf. ‘Well, upon my sayso!’ said Isaiah. ‘You're a-beginning to take away your elders' characters,’ Murray John Vale (1890) ix. (4) n.Yks.2 Say-weel is good, but deea-weel is better. 3. Phr. (1) ne say, an exclamation; (2) not to say, not altogether; (3) 'tidn to say, it is not so much; (4) to give one something to say, to propose a toast; (5) to say a piece, to repeat a piece of poetry; (6) say little, to keep quiet; (7) say nay, to refuse, forbid; to deny; (8) say nowt, to prove nothing; (9) say one's fortune, to tell one's fortune; (10) say oneself out, to decline absolutely; (11) say swear, to use bad language, to be thoroughly exasperated; (12) say wrong, (a) to contradict, to tell a person he is wrong; (b) to speak evil of; (13) well said or well saidst, well done; (14) what are you saying to it? how are you getting on (1) Nhb. Ne say! Eh! thou's a Tartar, Nell! Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 48. (2) s.Wor. I baint well, not to say well (H.K.). Dor. Tidden not to zay your zort, missus, Hare Vill. Street (1895) 270. (3) w.Som.1 'Tidn to zay anybody do lost their things hon they do lend it, but 'tis the urnin about arter it, 'cause vokes that do borry things don't never bring it back. (4) Ken. (Hall.), Ken.1 (5) Sc. (A.W.) w.Yks. Most barns does when they're sayin pieces, Yks. Wkly. Post (May 16, 1896). (6) s.Lan.1 (7) Dur.1 e.Yks.1 When thă cum beggin fo' Sunda Skeeal yan can't say em nay, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. (J.W.), w.Yks.1 e.An.1; e.An.2 Don't say-me-nay. (8) n.Yks. That sez nowt (I.W.). (9) s.Wal. Yo' shall say my fortune; here be sixpence, an' doant yo' say no stories, Longman's Mag. (Dec. 1899) 145. (10) Cum. They preezt me varra hard teh try just anudder ghem, bit he fairly sed hissel oot, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 25; Cum.4 (11) Ken.1 Take care or I shall say swear. If you go on, I shall say swear. (12, a) s.Lan.1 Hoo has o her own road, he never says wrank to her. (b) Kcd. I maunna say the carlie wrang, He's lost the vital spark, Grant Lays (1884) 11. (13) w.Som.1 Well zaidst, Bill! nif as'n a made a rare good job o' it! Well zaid, soce! I didn reckon you'd a-finish'd the field not eet's hour and more! (14) Sc. ‘Weel Jeames, and what are you sayin' to it now?’ ‘Me? I'm just aye daunderin' hame!’ Good Wds. (1883) 516. 4. To advise, direct; to check, control, command; to pacify, silence; gen. in pass. Ir. It would be wiser for you to be sed by the Magraths, Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) I. 195. N.I.1 Now be said by me. Uls. She won't be said by me, Hamilton Bog (1896) 20. Don. I'll not be sayed by you, father, nor any wan else; I'm a chile no longer, Harper's Mag. (Oct. 1900) 793. Wxf. And all because he would not be said or led by them that had a right to know better, Kennedy Banks Boro (1867) 46. n.Cy. (J.W.), Dur.1, Lakel.2 Cum.1 I couldn't say him, for he wad n't be said. Be sed, barns; Cum.4 Wm. He could say them wi a word (B.K.). n.Yks.1 Wheea, an he wean't be said, he mun gan's ain gate, an' lig on's bed as he mak's 't; n.Yks.2 You can soon say him; n.Yks.4 Ther's neea saying onny o' Martha's bairns. ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 When Bess gets stahtid scawdin you can't say her, MS. add. (T.H.) m.Yks.1 w.Yks. He's said wi a word, Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865); w.Yks.1 T'lad'l nut be said; w.Yks.2 Now be said; w.Yks.5 Wi' tuh be sayn be muh then, ur wi' tuh go on just i' thee awan owd way? Lan. I begged an' prayed on yo... but you winnot be said, Waugh Chim. Corner (1874) 2, ed. 1879; Lan.1 Be said, wilto, or aw'll knock thi deawn, tha young whelp! ne.Lan.1 He's verra wilfle, he'll net be said. e.Lan.1 s.Lan.1 Be said bi me, wench, an' ha nowt t' do wi' him. Chs.1 Will nothing say the? s.Stf. I wish you'd be said, I told you to be quiet, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). s.Not. A told 'im not to ovver an' ovver again, but 'e wouldn't be said (J.P.K.). Nhp.1 ‘Won't you be said?’ is a common appeal to an unruly or disobedient child who will not listen to remonstrance or authority. War.2 War.3 s.Wor. I never had a better dog for being said (H.K.). Glo. How tiresome you are, child! you wont be said (A.B.); Glo.1 Er 'oodnt be zed. Oxf.1 Why can't ee be said, MS. add. w.Som.1 'Twadn no use to try to do nort way 'er ─ 'er wid'n be a-zaid, her wid do eens her was a-minded. Dev. Avice were a spirritty maid then and her wouldn't be said by Dicky Hale's grandmother, Neill Idyls (1892) 24. n.Dev. Ya won't be a zed, Exm. Crtshp. (1746) I. 536. [Aus. If you'll be said by me, you'll buy the cows, Boldrewood Colon. Reformer (1890) II. 173.] 5. Used elliptically for ‘to say so.’ Not.1 Lei.1 ‘But ye mut!’ ‘Mut oi? Ew says?’ ‘Whoy, hoy dew!’ War.3 6. Used elliptically for ‘what do you say?’ n.Yks.2 Said ye? War. (A.B.C.) Suf. The usual embarrassed query of a... peasant when he fancies his ears deceive him, ‘Say, Sir?’ Strickland Old Friends (1864) 337. Wil. Grose (1790). Som. Say, sir, Gent. Mag. (1793) 1084. 7. sb. A speech; a remark; a thing to say. Sc. I kenn'd her meet wi' kindly say, A lov'd, a lowly name, Thom Rhymes (1844) 58. Sh.I. Less, he's a puir say, but he's da trüth, Sh. News (July 23, 1898). Slk. Ae wee say that chanced to pass 'Tween his auld wife an' only lass, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 373. Cum. Blenkinsop regrets his say, That told his selfishness, Burn Ballads (ed. 1877) 20. 8. A saying; a proverb; a prediction. Sh.I. Dat was juist a ill-toughtid say, Sh. News (Oct. 14, 1899). Abd. I never had meikle faith in spaemen, or their says, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 124. Nhb. Honesty's th' best iv policy, as the say rins, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VI. 216. Cum.4 He would give him one when he got a nanny-goat. It was just a say, w.Cum. Times (Apr. 8, 1899) 2, col. 4. w.Yks.1 It's an ould said say... at a cobbler's wife's ollas warst shod, ii. 326. 9. An opinion; the right to express one's opinion. Sc. If twa folk war disputin' aboot a march dyke, it's surely richt that the ae man should hae as muckle say aboot it as the tither, Cracks about Kirk (1843) I. 9. Frf. A' that heard the story had their ain say aboot it, and ilka ane's say was different frae anither, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 10, ed. 1889. nw.Der.1 10. Authority, influence, voice. Sc. He had a great say in the parish, Magopico (ed. 1836) 12. Per. The Regality Bailie, who had ‘a' the say’ about that place in those days, Monteath Dunblane (1835) 26, ed. 1887. Ayr. It was they and they alone wha had the say in the parish, Hunter Studies (1870) 14. n.Cy. (Hall.), Dur.1 Cum. He'd the say ower it all, Caine Shad. Crime (1885) 103; Cum.1 Cum.4 n.Yks.4 T'parson ez t'maist say ov onnybody. w.Yks.1 He's girt say amang 'em; w.Yks.4 He has a great say over him. ne.Lan.1 Heez girt say i' t'parish. 11. Manner of speaking. Cum. We hed... actors frae Lunnon 'At hed sec a canny an' bonny like say, Gilpin Ballads (1874) 160. 12. A card-playing term: a call. Cum.4 It was my say for Harry, for Ah held two trumps, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 28.

SAY, v.2 and sb.2 Sc. n.Cy. Glo. e.An. s.Cy. Ken. w.Cy. Dor. Dev. Also written sa Glo. Dev.; sey Sc. (Jam.) n.Cy.; and in form za w.Cy. 1. v. To assay, try; to test, prove; to taste; an aphetic form of ‘assay.’ Sc. That lord a worthy wight was ay When faes his courage sey'd, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 228, ed. 1871. Elg. He seys his arm, he seys his blade, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 101 Bnff. Quo' rich auld Rob, I'll sey the Gimmer, Taylor Poems (1787) 59. Bch. Ere I him to my shoulder got, My back-bane-links were sey'd, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 28. Per. Uprise and sey' thy wonted pow'rs, Haliburton Dunbar (1895) 74. Dmb. Come, my muse, and sey your skill, Taylor Poems (1827) 97. Rnf. If he sey to speak, how few, O' any kind, he can command, Finlayson Rhymes (1815) 106. Lnk. He had used a' his birr... to sey his ability, Graham Writings (1883) II. 225. Edb. Let us sey to join the splore, McDowall Poems (1839) 218. Hdg. I'm clear an' free To sey the promise gien to thee, Lumsden Poems (1896) 62. Slk. Sey your leal auld mother's skeel, Chr. North Noctes (ed. 1856) II. 57. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) Glo. To sa a hen whither she be ready to lay an egg, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 377. Nrf., Suf. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) Suf. Say of it, Ray (1691). s.Cy. Grose (1790). Ken.1; Ken.2 ‘When a hog has once say'd a garden, he will hardly be kept from it.’ ‘To say and weigh an horse to the road’ is to use a young horse to it. w.Cy. (Hall.) Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 377. 2. sb. An assay; an attempt; a trial piece of work. Sc. I shall make a sey to do it (Jam.). Abd. Breeches, The prentice-sey of taylor trade, Meston Poet. Wks. (1723) 9. Dor.1 3. A sample; a taste. e.An.1 Now the sheep have got a say of this grass, they cannot keep out of it. Suf. Cattle that have broken into a piece of corn, and can scarcely afterwards be kept out of it, are said to have gotten a say of it, Cullum Hist. Hawsted (1813); Suf.1, Ken. (K.) 4. Comp. (1) Say-hand, obs., an assay, trial; (2) Say-piece, obs., a trial piece of work, a first attempt at anything; (3) Say-shot, an opportunity given in a game to regain by one stroke all that one has previously lost. (1) Rnf. There was a soldier buried in the High Church-yard with the English service. This is the first say-hand, Wodrow Corres. (1709-1731) I. 362, ed. 1843. (2) Abd. I think it natural enough, In simple tale, and Norland sough; With something of the comic vis, And for a say-piece, not amiss. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 341. Edb. Whase pencil wrought its freaks at will On thee, the sey-piece o' her skill, Fergusson Poems (1773) 141, ed. 1785. (3) Fif. (Jam.)

SAY, sb.3 Sc. Nhb. Dur. Also written sa Dur.; sae Sc. (Jam.) Sh.&Ork.1; saye, sey Sc. (Jam.); and in form sea Nhb.1 [sē.] 1. A bucket; a vessel having two ears, a milk-pail; a tub. See Soa. Sc. Francisque-Michel Lang. (1882) 52. Sh.I. Da dug is geen cully fir boilly i' da saye o' watter, Sh. News (Nov. 24, 1900); She... set every tub an' sey 'at she could fin, as weel as da muckle kettle an' muckle pot, Stewart Tales (1892); 247; Sh.&Ork.1 Or.I., n.Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1, Inv., Ayr., Dmf. (Jam.) Gall. A shallow tub, used in cheese-making, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824). Nhb.1 Dur. Obs., Raine Charters, &c. Finchale (1837) 118. 2. Comp. Sae-tree, a pail-pole. Or.I. Sae is a pail or bucket, and tree the pole by which it was carried, a large pail by two persons, but two small ones, one at each end of the pole, by one person passing the pole over one shoulder like the water carriers of Venice, Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 799; An' wippin' her boots tae the sae-tree She rakid it up the lum, ELLIS Pronunc. 793. Cai.1

SAY, sb.4 Obs. or obsol. Sc. Yks. Suf. Sus. Also written saye Sus.1; sey Sc. (Jam.) A woollen cloth, a kind of serge. Sc. A woollen cloth formerly made by families for their own use (Jam.); And ye's get a green sey apron, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 84, ed. 1871. Abd. Tell me the difference atween A rogue clad in silk and a rascal in sey, Anderson Rhymes (ed. 1867) 46. w.Yks. The descriptions of worsted stuffs made included shalloons, tammies, everlastings, calimancoes, moreens, says, serges, &c., Cudworth Bradford (1876) 123. Suf. At Sudbury they have a manufacture of says, Marshall Review (1811) III. 411. Sus. (M.B.-S.), Sus.1 [ME. saie, serge, OFr. saie (Stratmann).]

SAY, sb.5 and v.3 Yks. Lan. Also written saie. Lan.1 [sē, seə.] 1. sb. A saw. e.Lan.1 2. v. To saw. w.Yks.2

SAY, see Set, v., Sie.

SAY, v. Yks. Shr. Som. In phr. (1) to say, considering; (2) won't be said, (a) won't be advised; (b) won't take a refusal. (1) w.Yks. He's done weel to say 'at he's nobbut been agate a year, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (May 20, 1899). (2, a) Shr.1 (b) w.Som.1