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单词 seave
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seaven.

/siːv/
Forms: Middle English, 1800s seve, Middle English seyfe, Middle English, 1800s seive, 1700s seave, 1700s–1800s sieve, 1500s– seave, 1800s seeave (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.).
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse sef.
Etymology: < Old Norse sef (Swedish säf, Danish siv).
northern.
A rush; also, a rushlight.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants
rusheOE
sharp rushc1050
seave14..
junk?a1425
candle-rushc1440
rush1562
sea-rush1562
camel's-straw1578
mat-rush1578
sprot1595
frog grass1597
matweed1597
rush grass1597
sprata1600
spart1614
bumble1633
toad-grass1640
moss-rush1670
thresha1689
spreta1700
bog rush1760
black grassa1763
goose-corn1762
toad-rush1776
wood-rush1776
stool-bent1777
scrub-grass1811
beak-rush1830
salt-weed1836
wiwi1840
thread rush1861
three-leaved rush1861
kill-cow1898
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from rushes dipped in fat
seave14..
rusha1475
rush candle1547
rushlight1637
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 712/9 Hic papirus, a seue [printed sene].
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 470 He began þe seiues graythe, And made a fournays for þe bell.
1483 Cath. Angl. 327/2 A Seyfe, iunccus.
1594 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. (1903) 3 152 None..shall mowe or sheare any seaves between Tailbothe and Sleddaile.
1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. 72 Then strike a Fire, and leet a Seave I Reed.
1777 Wallingfen Inclos. Act 21 Seaves, reeds, whinns, or sods.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
seave-busk n. Obsolete (= bush.)
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1483 Cath. Angl. 327/2 A Seyfebuske, iunccetum.
seave-candle n.
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1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 426 Seaves, pilled rushes, of which they make Scav candles.
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seave-light n.
C2.
seave-cap n. the black-headed bunting.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > other types of
black-headed bunting1781
shaft-tailed bunting1781
cirl bunting1783
seave-cap1864
1864 J. C. Atkinson List Provinc. Names Birds Seave-cap..Black-headed Bunting Emberiza Schœniclus.
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