seave

English

Etymology

From Old Norse sef,[1] whence also Danish siv, Icelandic sef and Swedish säv (“club-rush”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

seave (plural seaves)

  1. (UK, dialect) A rush (the plant).
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  2. (UK, dialect) A wick made from this plant.

References

  1. ^ “Siv” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “seave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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