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Definition of Southsay
1. v. i. See Soothsay.
Definition of Southsay
1. soothsay [v SOUTHSAID, SOUTHSAYING, SOUTHSAYS] - See also: soothsay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Southsay
Literary usage of Southsay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"SOUTH MOST, sou///'most. a. Farthest towards the south. southsay ... (315).
Prediction ; properly Soothsay. Го southsay ..."
2. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"A plant. SOUTHMOST, fou'ifi-mutt. a. Faj- thell toward the fouth. southsay,
fè'tfa-sà. f. ... To southsay, fo'th-sa. vn To predict. See SOOTHSAY. ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... by either thee or me; Nor is a breast of pork to be The head and feet will
make good «««; ^ ^ southsay, ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"I my selfe had fit oportunitie of time, and a Teacher that offered to Divination
instruct me gratis in the same Art: howbeit, I thought and southsay- ..."
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