sain.1
/sʌɪ/ A South American monkey, Simia capucina L.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > genus Cebus (Capuchin)
sapajou1698
bewailer1774
sai1774
sajou1774
weeper1780
Capuchin monkey1785
weeping monkey1834
Cebus1863
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 236 The Sai..is somewhat larger than the sajou... It is also called the Bewailer.
1859 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) I. 92 The Weeper Monkey or Sai.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
sain.2
/sʌɪ/ A bird, Cœreba cyanea, inhabiting tropical America.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus coereba
sugar-bird1787
sugar-eater1796
sai1869
honeycreeper1872
guit-guit1893
1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds III. 3 The voice of the Sai is only capable of producing a gentle twitter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
sain.3
/sʌɪ/ Plural unchanged.
A type of dagger of Okinawan origin characterized by two sharp prongs curving outward from the hilt and often used as one of a pair.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of
anlacec1300
misericord1324
bodkin1386
baselardc1390
popperc1390
wood-knife1426
spudc1440
pavade1477
bistoury1490
skene1527
dudgeon1548
sword dagger1567
machete1575
kris1589
bum dagger1596
stillado1607
stiletto1611
steelet1616
hanjar1621
pisaa1640
jockteleg1642
khanjar1684
bayonet1692
kuttar1696
parazonium1751
skene-ochles1754
scalping-knife1759
snick-a-snee1760
manchette1762
snickersnee1775
guard-dagger1786
boarding knife1807
scalp-knife1807
kukri1811
skene-dhu1811
parang1820
stylet1820
belt knife1831
bowie-knife1836
scalper1837
sheath-knife1837
toothpick1837
tumbok lada1839
snick-and-snee knife1843
tickler1844
bowie1846
toad-sticker1858
simi1860
scramasax1862
kinjal1863
left-hander1869
main gauche1869
aikuchi1875
tanto1885
toad-stabber1885
cinquedea1897
trench knife1898
puukko1925
panga1929
quillon dagger1950
flick-knife1957
ratchet knife1966
sai1973
ratchet1975
1973 Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 27 Apr. 31/3 The experts will give exhibitions in Kobudo (weaponry) displaying their martial skill with the sai.
1981 Best of Karate '81 Spring 59/3 However, other weapons, chain and sickle, long pole, short staff, nunchaku, sai, dagger, spear, bow and arrow, etc., are included in the arsenal of Seong Leong Kwan.
1989 P. Crompton Compl. Martial Arts 65 A pair of gleaming sai, wielded by an expert, thrills any audience at a martial arts demonstration.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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