saie, n.f., (antiq.) sagum (tunic, cloak); brush (used by goldsmiths); a light kind of serge.
saietter, v.a., to brush.
*saignant, -e, adj., bleeding, bloody; nearly raw, underdone (of meat).
*saignée, n.f., (surg.) phlebotomy, bleeding, blood-letting; small of the arm; trench (for draining); (fig.) heavy payment, expense; drain.
*saignement (-mān), n.m., bleeding. — de nez; bleeding at the nose.
*saigner, v.a., to bleed, to draw out blood; (cook.) to kill, to stick; to drain; to get money out of, to bleed any one.
se *saigner, v.r., to bleed one’s self, to drain one’s self; to make a sacrifice.
*saigner, v.n., to bleed. Je saigne du nez; I am bleeding at the nose. — du nez; (fig.) to show the white feather, to lack courage. Le cœur m’en saigne; it cuts me to the heart.
*saigneur, n.m., (fam., l.u.) bleeder, blood-letter.
*saigneu-x, -se, adj., bloody. Bout —; scrag end, neck (of lamb, mutton, veal).