ˈsāiŋ, -āēŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of sayen to say
1. : the act of speaking or asserting
he is better at saying than at doing
2. : something that is said: as
a. : a wise or witty statement attributed to a specific usually well-known person
a collection of the sayings of great statesmen
often quotes the sayings of his father
b. : a commonly repeated statement : adage , proverb
no saying was ever more true than the old adage that without his tools the workman is helpless — T.F.McNally