Say"ing (?), n.
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
Many are the sayings of the wise,
In ancient and in modern books enrolled.
Milton.
Syn. -- Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw; proverb; byword.
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