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1. The seam which runs under the arm, S.
2. The back bone of a beeve being cut up, the one side is called the _fore-sey_, the other the _back-sey_. The latter is the surloin, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _sega_, portiuncula; Dan. _seje_, a muscle.
SEY, _s._ A woollen cloth, formerly made by families for their own use, S.
_Ritson._
SEY, _s._ The sea.
_Douglas._
~Sey-fair~, _adj._ Sea faring.
_Act Sed._
SEIBOW, SEBOW, _s._ A young onion, S.
O. Fr. _cibo_, id.
_Calderwood._
SEYD, _s._ A sewer, Ang.
Teut. _sode_, ca.n.a.lis; Su. G. _saud_, a well.
_To_ SEYG, _v. n._ To sink.
V. ~Seg~.
_To_ SEIL, _v. a._ To strain.
_Kelly._
Su. G. _sil-a_, id. _sil_, a straining dish.
SEILDYN, SELDYN, _adv._ Seldom.
_Wallace._
A. S. _seldan_, Isl. _sialldan_, id.
SEILE, SEYLE, SELE, _s._ Happiness, S. B.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _saell_, happy, Isl. _saela_, happiness.
~Seily~, ~Seely~, _adj._ Happy.
_Seely Wights_, and _Seely Court_, name given to the fairies.
_Pop. Ball._
Teut. _seelig_, _selig_, beatus.
~Seilfu'~, ~Seelfu'~, _adj._ Pleasant, S. B.
_Ross._
To SEYN, _v. a._ To consecrate.
V. ~Synd~.
SEYNDILL, SEINDLE, SENDYLL, _adv._ Seldom; p.r.o.n. _sindle_, Loth.
_senil_, S. O. _seenil_, S. B.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Su. G. _saen_; _saender_, singulus.
~Seindle~, ~Sindle~, _adj._ Rare, S. _seenil_, S. B.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SEYNE, _v. a._ To see.
_Wallace._
SEYNE, _s._ A sinew.
_Wallace._
Germ. _sene_, id.
