Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SAITH
Etymology 1
Verb
saith
(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of say
Etymology 2
Noun
saith (plural saiths)
Alternative form of saithe (“type of fish”)
Anagrams
• Thais, Tisha, has it
Source: Wiktionary
Saith,
Definition: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Say. [Archaic]
SAY
Say, obs. imp. of See.
Definition: Saw. Chaucer.
Say, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of assay.]
1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] if those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and saus, as if were, of that final benefit. Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. Shak.
2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] he found a sword of better say. Spenser.
3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson.
Say, v. t.
Definition: To try; to assay. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Say, n. Etym: [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. Sagum.]
1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! Shak.
2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] His garment neither was of silk nor say. Spenser.
Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said, contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Saying.] Etym: [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. säga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece teil, relate, Gr. Saga, Saw a saying.]
1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. Arise, and say how thou camest here. Shak.
2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say Shak. After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. But what it is, hard is to say. Milton.
4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble Shak. It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain.
– That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.
Say, v. i.
Definition: To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. Shak. To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies Milton.
Say, n. Etym: [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.]
Definition: A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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