Chapter Savorily to Saying of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

It is said

, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. - - That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.

Say
(Say), v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge.

Shak.

To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies?

Milton.

Say
(Say), n. [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.] A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.]

He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap.

L'Estrange.

That strange palmer's boding say,
That fell so ominous and drear
Full on the object of his fear.

Sir W. Scott.

Sayer
(Say"er) n. One who says; an utterer.

Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings.

Jeffrey.

Sayette
(Sa*yette") n. [F. Cf. Say a kind of serge.] A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.

Saying
(Say"ing) n. That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.

Many are the sayings of the wise,
In ancient and in modern books enrolled.

Milton.

Syn. — Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw; proverb; byword.