► SAF n. ─ meat from an animal that has died a natural death → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SAFE adj. 1. ─ socially acceptable to a peer group → L19 sl.
► SAFE adj. 2. ─ satisfactory, pleasant → 1950s sl.
► SAFE adj. 3. ─ worthy of approval → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
► SAFE adj. 4. ─ all right; used as an expression of approval or agreement → 1981 S. Afr. sl.
► SAFE adj. 5. ─ hopelessly out of style → 1982 US Hawaiian youth usage
► SAFE int. ─ expressing approval → 1960s US & UK teen sl.
► SAFE n. 1. ─ a condom → 1897 sl.
► SAFE n. 2. ─ in a pickpocketing team: the thief who takes the wallet or object stolen by the wire and leaves the scene with it → 1954 US sl.
► SAFE n. 3. ─ the vagina, when used for hiding contraband → 1990s US prison sl.
► SAFE n. 4. ─ the anus → 1992 US prison sl.
► SAFE n. 5. ─ the ground → 1992 UK rhyming sl. (safe and sound)
► SAFE n. 6. ─ someone who can be counted on → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SAFE AND SOUND n. ─ the ground → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SAFE AS A BRICK-BUILT SHITHOUSE adj. ─ completely safe → 1976 sl.
► SAFE AS A GUN adj. ─ perfectly safe → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFE AS BRANDY adj. ─ perfectly safe → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFE AS DEATH adj. ─ perfectly safe → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFE AS HOUSES adj. ─ perfectly safe → 1904 (Bk.)
► SAFE AS KELSEY adj. ─ extremely conservative → 1910s sl.
► SAFEBLOWER n. ─ a criminal expert who specializes in breaking and entering locked safes by means of dynamite explosion, or picking the combination locks → 1873 criminals’ usage, orig. US
► SAFE-BROD n. ─ a window shutter → 1729 Sc. obs.
► SAFE CARD n. 1. ─ a trustworthy person → 1873 sl.
► SAFE CARD n. 2. ─ a wide-awake fellow → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SAFE CARRIER n. ─ in baseball: a slow runner; one who seems as if he is running with a safe on his back → 1999 baseball usage (Bk.)
► SAFECRACKER n. ─ a criminal who breaks into locked safes to steal the contents → 1934 orig. US
► SAFE CRACKSMAN n. ─ an expert thief who is proficient in the art of opening locked safes and vaults; a safeblower → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SAFE ENOUGH FOR BEING phr. ─ certain to be → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SAFEGUARDER n. ─ a protector or defender → 1534
► SAFE HOUSE n. ─ a room, apartment, or house where it is safe to stay, work, and hide from the authorities, rival criminals, or rival spies → 1963 US sl.
► SAFE-KEEPER n. 1. ─ a protector or defender → 1561
► SAFE-KEEPER n. 2. ─ a felon prevented from escaping by being put in maximum, medium, or minimum custody, depending on his or her record → 1988 sl. (Bk.)
► SAFER n. ─ a sea voyage → 1855 Eng. dial.
► SAFE SCREW n. ─ a corrupt prison officer → 1996 UK prison sl.
► SAFETY n. 1. ─ a condom → 1930s African-American sl.
► SAFETY n. 2. ─ in football: a defense back whose function is to prevent a long gain by the opposing team → 1931
► SAFETY n. 3. ─ a bed → 1940s African-American sl.
► SAFETY n. 4. ─ a safety pin used as a hypodermic needle → 1952 US drug culture sl.
► SAFETY n. 5. ─ in baseball: a reserve player → 1999 baseball usage (Bk.)
► SAFETY FIRST n. ─ in logging: a camp welfare man → 1986 US lumberjacks’ usage (Bk.)
► SAFETY MAN n. ─ in football: a defense back whose function is to prevent a long gain by the opposing team → 1982 (Bk.)
► SAFETY PIN MECHANIC n. ─ a narcotics user who is forced to resort to an improvised syringe → 1950s US drug-culture sl.
► SAFETY-SHEATH n. ─ a condom → 20C
► SAFE WORD n. ─ a code word, agreed between a sexual dominant and submissive masochistic partner, for use by the masochist as a signal that the current activity should stop → 1987 US sl.
► SAFEY n. ─ in horseracing: a riding assignment for a jockey on a horse that stands little chance of winning → 1989 Aust. sl.
► SAFF n. ─ meat from an animal that has died a natural death → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SAFFI n. ─ a catchpole; a taxman, one who gathers taxes; an officer who arrests debtors → 1852 Italian (Bk.)
► SAFFLE adj. ─ dull, sad, melancholy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFFLING adj. ─ melancholy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFFO n. ─ a bailiff → 1605
► SAFFY n. ─ a simpleton → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFITY n. ─ safety → 1879 Sc.
► SAFO n. ─ a lesbian → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SAFT adj. 1. ─ wet, rainy, damp → 1812 Sc.
► SAFT adj. 2. ─ of weather: mild, not frosty, in a state of thaw → 1825 Sc.
► SAFT adv. ─ in a peaceable quiet state → 1927 Sc.
► SAFT n. 1. ─ ale, as opposed to whisky → 1890 Sc.
► SAFT n. 2. ─ a thaw; rain, moisture → 1895 Sc.
► SAFT n. 3. ─ safety → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SAFT DUD n. ─ an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person → 1894 Sc.
► SAFTEN vb. ─ to thaw → 1825 Sc.
► SAFT-HAND n. ─ a feeble or inexpert person → 1818 Sc.
► SAFT-HORN n. ─ a novice; an inexperienced person; a greenhorn → 1836 Sc.
► SAFTIE n. 1. ─ a weak-minded, timid or effeminate person; a simpleton; a ‘softie’ → 1866 Sc.
► SAFTIE n. 2. ─ a policeman → 1889 Sc. obs.
► SAFTIE n. 3. ─ soft carpet or cloth slippers → 1953 Sc.
► SAFT-SKINNED adj. ─ easily offended, touchy, thin-skinned → 1882 Sc. & n. – Eng. dial.
► SAFT-VEAL n. ─ a simple-minded person; a ninny → 1887 Sc.
► SAG n. 1. ─ a depression on a ridge or mountainside → 1727 Amer. dial.
► SAG n. 2. ─ a low, often damp, area in relatively flat land; a gentle slope → 1741 Amer. dial.
► SAG n. 3. ─ a low point on a roadway; the bottom of a down-grade → 1911 Amer. dial.
► SAG n. 4. ─ a policeman’s truncheon → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► SAG vb. 1. ─ to decline in health; to begin to show signs of old age → 1784 Eng. dial.
► SAG vb. 2. ─ to be illicitly absent from work → L19 Brit. sl.
► SAG vb. 3. ─ to drift off course → L19 nautical colloq.
► SAG vb. 4. ─ of the tide: to cease to flow; to be at the turn before receding → 1899 Sc.
► SAG vb. 5. ─ of wind or water: to fall, subside → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAG vb. 6. ─ to become dispirited → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAG vb. 7. ─ to play truant → c1930 Brit. sl.
► SAG vb. 8. ─ to beat with a truncheon → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► SAG vb. 9. ─ to wear one’s trousers hanging low, exposing the top of one’s underwear → 1991 African-American sl.
► SAGA adj. ─ fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► SAGA n. ─ a witch → 1583
► SAGA-BOY n. ─ a young person who adopts a particular style of dressing, as tight-waisted jackets and peg-top trousers → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► SAGACIATE vb. 1. ─ to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure → 1832 Amer. dial.
► SAGACIATE vb. 2. ─ to associate → 1883 Amer. dial.
► SAG ALONG vb. ─ to walk slowly → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGA LOUT n. ─ an elderly person who behaves badly → 2004 UK sl.
► SAGA-MAN n. ─ a narrator of sagas or legends; also, the hero of a saga → 1823
► SAGAN n. 1. ─ ‘Satan’; a devil → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGAN n. 2. ─ a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SAGASHUATE vb. 1. ─ to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure → 1832 Amer. dial.
► SAGASHUATE vb. 2. ─ to associate → 1883 Amer. dial.
► SAGASHUS adj. ─ sagacious → 1872 Sc. obs.
► SAGATIATE vb. 1. ─ to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure → 1832 Amer. dial.
► SAGATIATE vb. 2. ─ to associate → 1883 Amer. dial.
► SAGATICATE vb. 1. ─ to fare; to get on; to bear; to endure → 1832 Amer. dial.
► SAGATICATE vb. 2. ─ to associate → 1883 Amer. dial.
► SAGE n. 1. ─ a man of profound wisdom; esp. one of those persons of ancient history or legend who were traditionally famous as the wisest of mankind; hence, one whose exceptional wisdom entitles him to a degree of veneration like that which accorded to these → a1300
► SAGE n. 2. ─ a pretender to wisdom; a wiseacre → 1751 ironic usage
► SAGE n. 3. ─ a hybrid marijuana → 2003 UK sl.
► SAGEBRUSHER n. 1. ─ a tourist into the west; a camper → 1908 Amer. dial.
► SAGEBRUSHER n. 2. ─ a Western cowboy film → 1920s US sl.
► SAGEBRUSH PHILOSOPHER n. ─ a loquacious Westerner → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SAGEBRUSH REBELS n. ─ a band of western legislators whose major concern since the late 1960s has been local control over the millions of acres of federal land that lie west of the Rockies → 2006 Amer. political sl. (Bk.)
► SAGEBRUSH STATE n. ─ Wyoming → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAGEBRUSH WACKER n. ─ one who smokes marijuana → 1950s drug culture sl.
► SAGED adj. ─ characterized by wisdom → 1563 obs.
► SAGE FEME n. ─ a midwife → 1672 obs.
► SAGE FOOL n. ─ a jester or court fool → 1377 obs.
► SAGE HEN n. 1. ─ an inhabitant of Nevada → L19 US sl.
► SAGE-HEN n. 2. ─ a woman student at Sage College, the dormitory for women, so named in honour of the donor, Henry W. Sage → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGE OF WHEATLAND n. – James Buchanan, 15th US president → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAGER n. 1. ─ a cigar → 1774 obs.
► SAGER n. 2. ─ a lawyer → 1828 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGER n. 3. ─ a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person → 1893 Amer. dial.
► SAGER n. 4. ─ a would-be wise man → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGE RAT n. ─ a cowboy’s term for a resident of the arid lands; a prospector → 1936 US cowboy usage (Bk.)
► SAGE-ROOSTER n. ─ a student who is assiduous in calling at Sage College → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGES OF THE TOWN n. ─ the elders or wise persons of the town → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SAGESS n. ─ sageness, profound wisdom → 1474 obs.
► SAGE WOMAN n. ─ a midwife → 1672
► SAGGART n. ─ a priest → 1836 Irish
► SAGGER adj. ─ fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► SAGGER-YEDDED adj. ─ stupid, foolish → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGGIE n. ─ a central nervous system depressant such as Seconal™ → 1960 US sl.
► SAGGING DEUCE n. ─ a lowered Cadillac automobile → 1990s African-American sl.
► SAGITTARY n. ─ an archer → 1832
► SAGITTIPOTENT adj. ─ ‘that can do much by shooting with arrows’ → 1656 obs.
► SAGITTIPOTENT n. ─ an expert archer → 1775 (Bk.)
► SAG-KITE n. ─ an overgrown, greedy person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAGO n. ─ a Pacific Islander → 1950s Aust. sl.
► SAG OFF vb. ─ to play truant from school → 1959 UK juvenile sl.
► SAGS n. ─ in logging: what the loggers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called the lumberjacks who first came in from the famous valley of the Saginaw River in lower Michigan → 1986 US lumberjacks’ usage (Bk.)
► SAGY adj. ─ wise → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SAHA! int. ─ good night! → L19 Royal Navy sl.
► SAHARA n. ─ a tall, thin person → 1946 S. African sl.
► SAHDIE! int. ─ thank you! → 1882 Amer. dial.
► SAHIB n. ─ a respectful title used by the natives of India in addressing an Englishman or other European → 1696
► SAHRAWI n. ─ an inhabitant of Western Sahara → 1976 (Bk.)
► SAIBLE vb. ─ to walk with a proud or haughty carriage → 1929 Sc.
► SA-IDA n. ─ an Egyptian → 1919 Aust. services sl. (Bk.)
► SAIDER adv. ─ rather, preferably → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAIDMENT n. ─ an evil report or statement → 1877 Eng. dial.
► SAID-SO n. 1. ─ a statement previously made → 1864 Eng. dial.
► SAID-SO n. 2. ─ a report → 1882 Eng. dial.
► SAIG vb. ─ to dawdle; to walk in a slow, aimless manner → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAIGON COWBOY n. ─ a rear-echelon troop or civilian who dressed the part of a combat soldier but did not experience combat → 1977 US sl.
► SAIGON QUICKSTEP n. ─ diarrhoea → 1991 US sl.
► SAIGON SUZIE n. ─ a stereotypical Vietnamese sex worker during the Vietnam war → 1990 US sl.
► SAIGON TEA n. ─ a whisky-coloured drink served to bar girls in Vietnam, passing for expensive whisky bought by US servicemen → 1966 US sl.
► SAIGON TECH n. ─ the war in Vietnam; military service in Vietnam → 1969 US sl.
► SAIKER n. ─ a large helping; a fill to satiety of food → 1929 Sc.
► SAIL n. 1. ─ a ride in a cart or other vehicle, or on horseback → 1830 Sc.
► SAIL n. 2. ─ of the wind: direction, quarter, course → 1896 Eng. dial.
► SAIL vb. 1. ─ to dance → 1297 obs.
► SAIL vb. 2. ─ to saunter, to go casually → a1700 sl. obs.
► SAIL vb. 3. ─ to be covered over with liquid, to be swimming or awash; to be in flood → 1718 Sc.
► SAIL vb. 4. ─ to ride or drive in a vehicle of any kind → 1904 Sc.
► SAIL vb. 5. ─ of a doctor or dentist: to write prescriptions for narcotics → 1930s US drug-culture sl.
► SAIL vb. 6. ─ to go fast → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAIL ABOUT vb. ─ to saunter → L17 sl.
► SAIL AWAY vb. ─ to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAILBOAT FUEL n. ─ trucker talk for the cargo in an empty trailer → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND vb. ─ to take risks, esp. with a set of rules and regulations → M19 sl.
► SAIL IN vb. 1. ─ to attack physically or verbally → M19 sl., orig. US
► SAIL IN vb. 2. ─ to arrive, to enter, esp. in a slow and measured manner → M19 sl.
► SAIL IN vb. 3. ─ to proceed boldly to action → 1889 sl.
► SAILING adj. 1. ─ drunk → 1968 US sl.
► SAILING adj. 2. ─ marijuana-intoxicated → 1993 US sl.
► SAIL INTO vb. 1. ─ to attack physically or verbally → M19 sl., orig. US
► SAIL INTO vb. 2. ─ to arrive, to enter, esp. in a slow and measured manner → M19 sl.
► SAIL INTO vb. 3. ─ to launch oneself headlong on a course of action → M19 sl.
► SAIL ON ANOTHER BOARD vb. ─ to alter one’s behaviour → 16C sl.
► SAILOR n. 1. ─ a ladies’ man, esp. a youth who is or believes he is attractive to the opposite sex; any man who seeks to please or does please women → c1955 Amer. teen sl.
► SAILOR n. 2. ─ a cottontail rabbit → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SAILORESS n. ─ a female sailor → 1890
► SAILOR-MAN n. ─ in uneducated and jocular use: a sailor, a seaman, a mariner → 1790
► SAILOR QUEEN n. ─ a homosexual sailor → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SAILORS n. ─ tea → 1961 UK rhyming sl. (sailors on the sea)
► SAILOR’S BAIT n. ─ a prostitute; any girl or woman → E20 US sl.
► SAILOR’S CHAMPAGNE n. ─ beer → L19 sl.
► SAILOR’S DELIGHT n. ─ a prostitute → M20 US sl.
► SAILOR’S ELBOW n. ─ an act of ending a relationship with a lover → 2003 UK sl.
► SAILOR’S FAREWELL n. ─ any form of goodbye that is essentially a curse → L19 sl.
► SAILORS ON THE SEA n. ─ tea → 1961 UK rhyming sl.
► SAILOR’S YARN n. ─ an incredible story → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAILOUR n. ─ a dancer → ? a1366 obs.
► SAILRIFE adj. ─ abounding in sails → 1513 obs.
► SAILS n. 1. ─ ship’s sailmaker; a sailmaker’s mate → 1864 nautical sl.
► SAILS n. 2. ─ the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAILSMAN n. ─ a sailor → c1601
► SAILWORTHY adj. ─ of the weather: admitting of the use of sails → c1595 obs.
► SAILYIE n. ─ attack, assault, onset → 1827 Sc.
► SAILYIE vb. ─ to assail, to assault, to attack → 1827 Sc. arch.
► SAILZIE n. ─ attack, assault, onset → 1827 Sc.
► SAILZIE vb. ─ to assail, to assault, to attack → 1827 Sc. arch.
► SAIN n. ─ a ludicrous object, a ‘sight’ → 1923 Sc.
► SAINT ─ also see under ST.
► SAINT n. 1. ─ a person of extraordinary holiness of life; a sanctimonious person → 1563
► SAINT n. 2. ─ a notably religious student → E19 US students’ sl.
► SAINT n. 3. ─ a hypocrite → 1823
► SAINT n. 4. ─ one of the party which promoted the agitation in England against slavery → 1830 hist.
► SAINT n. 5. ─ a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; a Mormon → 1833 Amer. dial.
► SAINT n. 6. ─ a virtuous or morally excellent person → 1852
► SAINT n. 7. ─ a term used by a rustler for a cowboy → 1936 US cowboy usage (Bk.)
► SAINT n. 8. ─ an incorruptible prison officer or police officer → 1996 UK sl.
► SAINT-AGNES TÔTLE n. ─ a stupid old fool → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAINT AND SINNER n. ─ dinner → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SAINT-GEORGE n. ─ the largest saucepan in the house → 1882 Eng. dial.
► SAINT-GEORGE vb. ─ to possess carnally → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SAINT GILES BUZZMAN n. ─ a petty thief who goes after men’s and women’s handkerchiefs → 1992 Brit. & US criminals’ sl. obs. (Bk.)
► SAINT LOO n. ─ St. Louis, Missouri → 1961 US sl.
► SAINT MARY PRIEST n. ─ a chaplain employed to say mass in honour of the Virgin Mary → 1446 obs.
► SAINT MORITZ n. ─ diarrhoea → 1998 rhyming sl. for ‘shits’
► SAINT NICHOLAS n. ─ the devil → 1822 sl.
► SAINT NICHOLAS CLERGYMAN n. ─ a highwayman → 1598
► SAINT NICHOLAS’S CLERK n. ─ a highwayman → 1595
► SAINT OF THE SAUCEPAN n. ─ an expert cook → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SAINT PAUL SANDWICH n. ─ a sandwich with multiple fillings, one of which is egg → 1943 Amer. dial.
► SAINT PETER n. ─ the penis → 19C Brit. sl.
► SAINT-PETER’S BELL n. ─ the daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus → 1890 Eng. dial.
► SAINT PETER’S CHILDREN n. ─ English highwaymen → 1714 Brit. criminals’ sl. obs.
► SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE n. ─ suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAINT PETER’S SON n. ─ a thief → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SAINTS ALIVE! int. ─ an exclamation → 1900 Eng. dial.
► SAINTS AND PATIENCE! int. ─ a quasi-oath → 1898 Ireland
► SAINTS PRESERVE US! int. ─ used for expressing fear → 1966 US sl.
► SAINT-TIBB’S EVE n. ─ a day which never comes → 1891 Eng. dial.
► SAINT VALENTIDE n. ─ St. Valentine’s day, or the time of year when this falls → 1596 obs.
► SAINT VITUS DANCE vb. ─ to move in a fidgety, jerking manner → 1621 UK
► SAIP-BELLS n. ─ soap bubbles → 1720 Sc.
► SAIPIE-SAPPLES n. ─ soap suds, lather → 1888 Sc.
► SAIPY-SUDS n. ─ soap suds, lather → 1896 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 1. ─ of the heart, etc. aching, grief-stricken, sorrowful → 1739 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 2. ─ of persons: harsh in discipline, treatment, or judgement; stern, severely censorious; niggardly, driving hard bargains → 1768 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 3. ─ serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing → 1776 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 4. ─ causing physical pain or distress; sore → 1808 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 5. ─ of an ailment: grievous, oppressive → 1808 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 6. ─ of the weather: inclement, stormy, severe → 1813 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 7. ─ sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful → 1825 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 8. ─ of something pleasant: great, tremendous → 1877 Sc.
► SAIR adj. 9. ─ destructive, harmful, injurious → 1901 Sc.
► SAIR n. 1. ─ sorrow, grief → 1736 Sc.
► SAIR n. 2. ─ a sore; a wound, a bruise → 1768 Sc.
► SAIR vb. 1. ─ to serve, to serve out; to treat → 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAIR vb. 2. ─ to suffice, to satisfy; → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAIR vb. 3. ─ of clothes: to fit, to be large enough for → 1808 Sc.
► SAIR FACE n. ─ a pathetic expression assumed to elicit sympathy → 1964 Sc.
► SAIRIE adj. 1. ─ in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry → 1721 Sc.
► SAIRIE adj. 2. ─ serious, solemn → 1808 Sc. obs.
► SAIRIE adj. 3. ─ sad, doleful, sorrowful → 1838 Sc. obs.
► SAIRING n. ─ sufficiency, as much as satisfies one, esp. of food → 1856 Sc.
► SAIRIOUS adj. ─ serious → 1871 Sc.
► SAIRISH adj. 1. ─ somewhat sore → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAIRISH adj. 2. ─ somewhat troublesome → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAIRL vb. ─ to whine → 1866 Sc.
► SAIRLIE adv. ─ very much, thoroughly → 1786 Sc.
► SAIR OUT vb. ─ to deal out, to divide → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SAIR-TEETH n. ─ toothache → 1915 Sc.
► SAIRY adj. 1. ─ in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry → 1721 Sc.
► SAIRY adj. 2. ─ serious, solemn → 1808 Sc. obs.
► SAIRY adj. 3. ─ sufficiently large → 1835 Sc.
► SAIRY adj. 4. ─ sad, doleful, sorrowful → 1838 Sc. obs.
► SAIS A CHING n. ─ in betting: odds of 6-5 → 1991 UK sl.
► SAISNE n. ─ a Saxon → c1450 obs.
► SAITISFEE vb. ─ to satisfy → 1747 Sc.
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