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A parting; a separation; a division. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] They say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise. Sir T. North.

a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.

s, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.

n. A man is never . . . welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say "Welcome." Shak.

Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it.

a, or with the compounds of silicon. The specimens found . . . are completely silicified. Say.

something; a pretender. [Obs.] Shak. Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.

Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke ix. 44.

b. Tooke. A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers is given in his "Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Human Mind;" but that is a mere skit compared with this strange performance. Leslie Stephen.

A sleepy person. To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead. Mother Goose.

or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying. Who, for the poor renown of being smart Would leave a sting within a brother's heart Young. A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart. Addison.

Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying. The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd. Smollett. -- Smut"ti*ly, adv. -- Smut"ti*ness, n.

To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person. Congreve. "A ship of fools," he sneered. Tennyson.

Snobbish. [R.] E. B. Ramsay.

Close; concealed; not exposed to notice. Lie snug, and hear what critics say. Swift.

Is it thus do you mean what you say -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses So [Colloq.]

A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself. The whole poem is a soliloquy. Prior.

In truth; truly; really; verily. [Obs.] "Soothly for to say." Chaucer.

p. [Scot.] But when they spang o'er reason's fence, We smart for't at our own expense. Ramsay.

To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. Boyle. An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. Shak. During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. Macau…