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• s[=a]r, adj. (Scot.) sore.--adv. SAIR'LY.

• s[=a]r, v.t. to serve: to fit: to satisfy: to give alms.--n. SAIR'ING, as much as serves the turn: enough.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson