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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 85 Saekf V, to vanquish an opponent by a show of superior learning. — ^W. Ca&lbton. Sacramenty sb. an oath. Sad, adj. sodden, as badly-baked bread. Sada. ' Sitting over their sods,' i. e. regretting something ; repenting. Safely, adj (pronounced sometimes as a trisyllable). A useful article in nurseries is called a * aaf-e-ty pin.' Sa^^, sb. the wild iris. Said, V. * To be satdj to be advised. * Now be said by me.* Sail, sb. a ride in a cart or carriage of any kind. Sailor-man, sb. a sailor. Sailor's grip, sb. a mode of holding hands by hooking the fingers. Sair-bones, sb. ' A'll gi*e ye sair-banes/ L e. I'll give you a beating. Saired, r. served. Sair sought, adj. nearly worn out with age or weakness. Sair-wrought, adj. hard-worked. Sally, sb. a willow. Sally wran, sb. the willow wren. Salt. * You wifl shed a tear for every grain of salt you waste.* Same of, same as. ' Can you give me a knife the same of that ) ' Sang. 'Ton my sang,' a mild kind of oath. Sannies. ' Upon my sannies,* a mild oath. Sark, sb. a shirt. Sarking, sb. a coarse kind of linen ; a sheeting of wood under the slates of a root Saturday. ' Saturday flit, short sit.' Servants think it unlucky to go home to a new place on Saturday. Saugh, sb. a willow. Sanny-go-softly, sb. a soft fellow. Saut, sb. salt Saving your prasenoe, excuse the word. * Bub, savin* your pre^ sence, Ihe smell was that bod that,' &c. Saw doctor, sb. a workman who repairs and sharpens saws. Soabbling, or Soayeling, hammer, sb. a large hammer for chipping stone. Soald, sb. * A heart sccUd,' a sore trouble. * He's heart scalded with her,' greatly troubled by hor.