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ˈsea-maw Now dial.
Forms: 5 semawe, -mow, 6 -maw, 7– sea-maw.
[maw n.3]
= seamew.
c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 641/1 Hec fuliga, semawe. c1440Promp. Parv. 452/2 Semow, bryd, aspergo. c1450[see maw n.3]. a1490[see mow n.3]. 1544Turner Avium Præcip. D 7, De Folica..Anglicè a white semaw with a black cop. 1605Drayton Man in Moon 183 The greedie Sea-maw fishing for the fry. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xliv, Like sea⁓maws and clack-geese before a storm.
Sc. Proverb.1721Kelly Sc. Prov. 118 Give your own Sea Maws your own Fish Guts. If you have any Superfluities give them to your poor Relations. 1816Scott Antiq. xv, Ye ken my gudeman likes to ride the expresses himsell—we maun gie our ain fish-guts to our ain sea-maws. 1895P. H. Hunter James Inwick xix, Na, na, we'll keep oor ain fish guts for oor ain sea maws! |