'To give a say at' definitions:
Definition of 'To give a say at'
From: GCIDE
- Say \Say\ (s[=a]), n. [Aphetic form of assay.]
- 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He found a sword of better say. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To give a say at, to attempt. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]