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Sarris, Saris, v., pres. (F. serrer to hold tightly, grip fast, squeeze (13th c. in Larousse). Cf. also Sarray adv., Sarraly adv.¹. Perhaps, however, merely a further example, with irregular spelling form, of Sar(e v. a, or, confusion with Sar(e v. may explain the Ruddim. spelling.) — 1513 Doug. xi xiii 170.
The silly dow … he clippis at the last And lowkyt in his punsys sarris [Ruddim. saris] fast Thristand his tallans sa throu hir entralis [L. columbam comprensamque tenet pedibusque eviscerat uncis]