Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bless with the sign of the cross; bless so as to protect from evil influence.
- Forms of the past participle of say, conformed to original strong participles like
lain .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle Said.
- transitive verb rare To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, archaic To make the
sign of thecross on or over something or someone. - verb intransitive To make the
sign of thecross . - verb transitive, archaic To
bless , to keep from evil influence.
Etymologies
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Examples
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As a fodder crop, sainfoin was so nourishing to cattle it was called "holy hay" – "sain" meaning sound or healthy and "foin" meaning hay.
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"De debbil turn 'sain'," she muttered to herself, with a long look at the unconscious Isaac, who sat toasting his cold bare toes before the roaring fire.
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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Women Grow Business » The Inspired yet Tired Entrepreneur: Ideas for When Your Energy Is Low 2009
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I know "skeeb" said in one that those are big fish considering teh size of river/stream you got them, but it looks like you could have used a sain net to catch them ..
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I know "skeeb" said in one that those are big fish considering teh size of river/stream you got them, but it looks like you could have used a sain net to catch them ..
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June 16th, 2010 at 12: 20 pm of course, it kept sain error that my message was too short, but it posted.
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » ‘Grease’ Is The Word 2010
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June 3, 2010 at 8:15 pm yeh ai wuz liek, whut yu sain? yu spekez frenshie aifinkso
Teh modeling agency - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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May 18, 2010 at 9:07 am datz jus lik cicero to menchun whatz u wantz 2 sai b sain u dunot wantz 2 sai itz.
Haf id yore wai! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Ai skeers mii tu soemtiems .. pikkupp teh tellinfoen adn sain peepz naemz afore tehy speek.
This is why you should - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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I didn't really look at it because he sain he had been the Air Force equivalent of an MP, SP or somethng like that, so I assumed (you know what ASSUME spells) that he knew what he was doing.
Accidental Discharge 2008
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