Defn: To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.]
SAVVY; SAVVEY
Sav"vy, Sav"vey, n.
Defn: Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp. [Slang, U.
S.]
SAW
Saw,
Defn: imp. of See.
SAW Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See Say, v. t. and cf. Saga.]
1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] "To hearken all his sawe." Chaucer.
2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim. His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. Shak.
3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.] [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. Spenser.
SAW Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. säge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, sw. såg, Icel. sög, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge.]