·noun Essay; trial; attempt.
II. Say ·noun A kind of silk or satin.
III. Say ·Impf Saw.
IV. Say ·noun Tried quality; temper; proof.
V. Say ·noun A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
VI. Say ·noun Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
VII. Say ·vt To Try; to Assay.
VIII. Say ·vt A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
IX. Say ·vi To Speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to Reply.
X. Say ·vt To utter or express in words; to Tell; to Speak; to Declare; as, he said many wise things.
XI. Say ·vt To Repeat; to Rehearse; to Recite; to Pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
XII. Say ·vt 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.
XIII. Say ·vt To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose;
— in the ·imv, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.