| 释义 |
seavy, a. north.|ˈsiːvɪ|
[f. seave + -y.]
Containing ‘seaves’ or rushes, overgrown with rushes; also, composed of rushes.
1684Meriton Yorksh. Dial. 41 Our Land is..full of strang whickens, Cat whins, and Seavy Furs. 1691Ray N.C. Words, s.v. Seaves. Seavy ground, such as is overgrown with Rushes. 1851Cumbld. Gloss., Seevy-cap, a cap made of rushes. 1892M. C. F. Morris Yorksh. Folk-Talk 156 ‘Seavy flats’ are merely the level pastures which..grow an abundance of seeaves or seves, the common soft rush. |