ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sare

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Sare is an adjective meaning (British, archaic) dry, withered.

Meaning

(British, archaic) dry, withered.

More Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly.
  2. (dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten
  3. (dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe.

Example Sentences

Burn ash-wood sare, 'twool make a man sware.
Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include fordry, sower, serose, seck, sage, seld.

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