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SAIKYR, HALFSAIKYR, a species of cannon, smaller than a demi-culverine, named from a species of hawk.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _sacre_, "the hawk, and the artillerie so called;" Cotgr.
SAIKLESS, SAYKLES, _adj._
1. Guiltless, S.
_Douglas._
2. Free, in a general sense.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sacleas_, Isl. _saklauss_, sine culpa.
SAIL-FISH, _s._ The basking shark, S., denominated from a large fin which it carries above water.
_Stat. Acc._
SAILYE, _s._ An a.s.sault.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _sail-ir_, to a.s.sault.
SAILL, _s._ Happiness.
V. ~Seile~.
SAYN, _s._ Narrative.
_Wallace._
Dan. _sagn_, saying.
_To_ SAIN, _v. a._ To bless.
V. ~Sane~.
SAYND, _s._ Message or messenger.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sand_, legatio; legatus.
_Send_, an emba.s.sy, S. B.
~Sayndis-man~, _s._ Messenger.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sandes-man_, nuntius.
SAIP, _s._ Soap, S.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. Dan. _saepe_, id.
SAIR, SAYR, SARE, _adj._
1. Painful, S.
2. Sorrowful; as, a _sair heart_.
3. Violent.
_Wallace._
4. Severe; as _sair sickness_, S.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _saar_, A. S. _sar_, gravis, molestus.
5. n.i.g.g.ardly, as, _sair master_, _a sair merchant_, S.
~Sair~, _s._ A sore, a wound, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. Isl. _sar_, Su. G. _saar_, dolor; vulnus.
~Sair~, ~Sar~, ~Sare~, _adv._
1. Sorely, S.
