sad bread

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sad \Sad\ (s[a^]d), a. [Compar. Sadder (s[a^]d"d[~e]r); superl. Saddest.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. saed satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. sa[eth]r, saddr, Goth. sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. Assets, Sate, Satiate, Satisfy, Satire.]

1.Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.] [1913 Webster]

His hand, more sad than lump of lead.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.— Mortimer.[1913 Webster]

3.Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. "Sad-colored clothes." --Walton. [1913 Webster]

Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.— Mortimer.[1913 Webster]

4.Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] "Ripe and sad courage." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties.— Ld. Berners.[1913 Webster]

5.Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. [1913 Webster]

First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

6.Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. [1913 Webster]

7.Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] "Sad tipsy fellows, both of them." --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. [1913 Webster]

Sad bread, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous. [1913 Webster]