[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

saying \say"ing\, n.
   that which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a
   proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
   1913 webster

         many are the sayings of the wise,
         in ancient and in modern books enrolled. --milton.
   1913 webster

   syn: declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm;
        saw; proverb; byword.
        1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

say \say\, v. t. imp.  p. p. said se^d, contracted from
   sayed; p. pr.  vb. n. saying. oe. seggen, seyen, siggen,
   sayen, sayn, as. secgan; akin to os. seggian, d. zeggen, lg.
   seggen, ohg. sag=en, g. sagen, icel. segja, sw. saumga,
   dan. sige, lith. sakyti; cf. ol. insece tell, relate, gr.
   'e`nnepe for 'en-sepe, 'e`spete. cf. saga, saw a
   saying.
   1. to utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to
      declare; as, he said many wise things.
      1913 webster

            arise, and say how thou camest here.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to
      say a lesson.
      1913 webster

            of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
            in what thou hadst to say?            --shak.
      1913 webster

            after which shall be said or sung the following
            hymn.                                 --bk. of com.
                                                  prayer.
      1913 webster

   3. to announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively;
      to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure
      about; to be determined in mind as to.
      1913 webster

            but what it is, hard is to say.       --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. to mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or
      approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative,
      followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say
      fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.
      1913 webster

            say, for nonpayment that the debt should double,
            is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --shak.
      1913 webster

   it is said, or they say, it is commonly reported; it is
      rumored; people assert or maintain.

   that is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.
      1913 webster
see also:
said saying saga saw it is said they say 
that is to say 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

saying
     n : a word or phrase that particular people use in particular
         situations; "pardon the expression" syn: expression, locution
see also:
expression locution 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

96 moby thesaurus words for "saying":
   parthian shot, adage, address, affirmance, affirmation, allegation,
   ana, analects, announcement, annunciation, answer, aphorism,
   apostrophe, apothegm, assertion, asseveration, averment,
   avouchment, avowal, axiom, byword, catchword, collected sayings,
   comment, conclusion, crack, creed, current saying, declaration,
   dictate, dictum, distich, enunciation, epigram, exclamation,
   expression, gnome, golden saying, greeting, interjection,
   ipse dixit, manifesto, maxim, mention, moral, mot, motto, note,
   observation, oracle, phrase, pithy saying, position,
   position paper, positive declaration, precept, predicate,
   predication, prescript, proclamation, profession, pronouncement,
   proposition, protest, protestation, proverb, proverbial saying,
   proverbs, question, reflection, remark, saw, say, say-so, sentence,
   sententious expression, sloka, stance, stand, statement,
   stock saying, subjoinder, sutra, teaching, text, thought, truism,
   utterance, verse, vouch, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying,
   witticism, word, words of wisdom

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