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SEELFU', _adj._ Pleasant.
V. ~Seilfu'~.
To SEETHE, _v. n._ To be nearly boiling, S. B.
To SEFOR, _v. a._ To save.
V. ~Safer~.
_Priests Peblis._
_To_ SEG, SEYG, _v. n._
1. To fall down.
2. Metaph. applied to the influence of intoxicating liquor, S. B.
_Morison._
Su. G. Isl. _sig-a_, subsidere, delabi.
SEG, SEGG, _s._ The yellow flower-de-luce, S.
_Lightfoot._
A. S. _secg_, Fland. _segge_, id.
SEGE, _s._
1. A soldier.
_Wallace._
A. S. _secg_, id.
2. Man, in a general sense.
_Douglas._
SEGE, _s._
1. A seat; properly, of dignity; Fr. _siege_.
_Barbour._
2. A see.
_Acts Ja. V._
~Segyt~, _part. pa._ Seated.
_Wyntown._
SEGG, _s. Bull-seg_, an ox that has been gelded at his full age, S.
Isl. _sag-a_, secare; _sigd-a_, gramen secare falculo.
_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To a.s.say.
V. ~Say~.
~Sey~, ~Say~, _s._
1. A trial.
_Wallace._
2. An attempt of any kind, S.
~Sey-piece~, ~Say-piece~, _s._ A piece of work performed by a craftsman, as a proof of skill, S.
_Ferguson._
SEY, _s._ The coal-fish.
V. ~Sye~.
_To_ SEY, _v. a._ To strain any liquid, S.
Isl. _sy-a_, A. S. _se-on_, percolare.
~Sey-dish~, _s._ The searce used for straining, S.
Isl. _sij_, Teut. _sijgh_, a strainer.
SEY, _s._
