sart
English
Etymology
From Middle English sart, from Old French sart, from Medieval Latin sarrītum (“to hoe”).
Noun
sart (plural sarts)
- (UK, obsolete) An assart, or clearing; land cleared for agriculture.
- 1859, John Jones, quoting Monasticon Anglicanum, volume 1, c. 1450, The History and Antiquities of Harewood, in the County of York[1], page 223:
- And the syte of an olde mylne with a littel sart that lyes betwixt the mylne and the Ellers with other land in Arthington and all the water within his fee for helping and sustayneing of the said nownree
References
- Noah Webster (1828) “sart”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
- “sart”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Sart, n.1”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- tars, ARTS, arts., 'rats, tsar, tars-, ARTs, rats, srat, Srta., star, RATs, RAST, Arts, stra., Srta, arts, astr-, TSRA, RTAs, Star, TRAs
Danish
Adjective
sart (neuter sart, plural and definite singular attributive sarte)
- tender, vulnerable
- (of a spot on one's body) tender, hurting when touched
- tender, caring, careful not to harm
Turkish
Etymology
From Armenian սարդ (sard). Doublet of sayıt.
Noun
References
- ^ “sart”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 10, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1978, page 3549a
- ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sart”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume IV, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4083b