| say | 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. "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. "he found a sword of better say." (Spenser) 3. Essay; trial; attempt. To give a say at, to attempt. Origin: Aphetic form of assay. 1. A kind of silk or satin. "Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord!" (Shak) 2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. "His garment neither was of silk nor say." (Spenser) Origin: OE. Saie, F. Saie, fr. L. Saga, equiv. To sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. See Sagum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Sayre's jacket | A plaster of Paris jacket applied while the patient is suspended by the head and axillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sayre's suspension apparatus | Archaic term for Sayre's suspension traction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sayre's suspension traction | Spinal traction obtained by vertical suspension of the patient by means of a head halter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sayre, George | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, *1911. See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sayre, Lewis | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1820-1900. See: Sayre's suspension traction, Sayre's suspension apparatus, Sayre's jacket. (05 Mar 2000) |