sart

See also: sårt, şart, and Sart

English

Etymology

From Middle English sart, from Old French sart, from Medieval Latin sarrītum (“to hoe”).

Noun

sart (plural sarts)

1. (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

• sart in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “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

• 'rats, RAST, RATs, RTAs, Star, TSRA, arts, arts., rats, star, tars, tsar

Danish

Adjective

sart (neuter sart, plural and definite singular attributive sarte)

1. tender, vulnerable
2. (of a spot on one's body) tender, hurting when touched
3. tender, caring, careful not to harm

Turkish

Etymology

From Armenian սարդ (sard). Doublet of sayıt.

Noun

sart

1. (dialectal, Artvin) spider

   Synonym: örümcek