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▪ I. sewin1|ˈsjuːɪn|
Forms: 6 suwynge, sewing, 8 shewin, 9 sewen, suin, 8– sewin.
[Of obscure origin: app. not Welsh. Cf. suant n.]
A fish of the Salmon tribe (Salmo cambricus or eriox), the bull-trout, found in Welsh rivers.
1532in G. T. Clarke Cartæ Glamorgan IV. 454 Yeldyng and paynge yerely to the sayd abbotte..x. samones v. gyllynges and xliiijte suwynges..or elles..for euery cuple sewinges 1. d. 1769Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 248 Taken in the river Wye, where it is known by the name of Sewin, or Shewin. 1805Duncumb Agric. Heref. 17 The botcher resembles the suin taken in the Welsh rivers. 1834Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. ii. 52 The sewin will most likely prove our Scotch hirling or whiting. 1861Act 24 & 25 Vict. c. 109 §4. 1900 Field 28 July 153/1 There is not a better sea trout or sewin river in North Wales.
▪ II. sewin2|ˈsjuːɪn|
Corrupt form of sewel, shewel.
1886Walsingham Shooting (Badm. Libr.) I. 201 A substitute for nets in covert shooting, where it is desirable to stop the winged game rather than the ground game, is commonly known as ‘sewin’. 1898Encycl. Sport II. 85/2 (Pheasant) The number of stops may be materially reduced by the use of the sewin.
▪ III. sewin(e
obs. Sc. forms of seven. |