noun essay; trial; attempt.
2. say ·noun a kind of silk or satin.
3. say ·impf saw.
4. say ·noun tried quality; temper; proof.
5. say ·noun a delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
6. say ·noun trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
7. say ·vt to try; to assay.
8. say ·vt a speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
9. say ·vi to speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
10. say ·vt to utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
11. say ·vt to repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
12. 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.
13. 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.