† sievyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Like a sieve, unable to retain.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive > not
sievy1724
1724 tr. M. de Castelnau Mem. Francis II & Charles IX 47 When affairs of this kind come to be imparted to women, a sex so generally sievey that they can keep no secrets.
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adj.1724- to give a person the long handle
- to give a person the looking on
- to give a person the lurch
- to give a person the meeting
- to give a person the mitten
- to give a person the oo
- to give a person the overthrow
- to give a person the parabien
- to give a person the parabien of
- to give a person the pip
- to give a person the push
- to give a person the revolt
- to give a person the road
- to give a person the rough edge of one's tongue
- to give a person the runaround
- to give a person the rush
- to give a person the sack
- to give a person the screaming habdabs
- to give a person the shits
- to give a person the shoot
- to give a person the sick
- to give a person the silent treatment
- to give a person the tomtits
- to give a person the verbal
- to give a person the verbals