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Definition of Seawants
1. seawant [n] - See also: seawant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seawants
Literary usage of Seawants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities by John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles (1867)
"... in Silver money, according to the Holland value of Fifteen Guilders in Bearers,
the Beaver at Eight Guilders to Twenty-two Guilders in seawants— Eight ..."
2. History of the School of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, in the City by Henry Webb Dunshee (1853)
"This was used in trading at the market, the grocer's, or the baker's. Six white
or three black seawants, " loose" or " commercial," were valued ..."
3. History of the School of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, in the City by Henry Webb Dunshee (1853)
"Six white or three black seawants, " loose" or " commercial," were valued at one
stuy ver; ie, about two cents. The stated value of the " beaver" was eight ..."
4. Historical Index to the Manuals of the Corporation of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.). Common Council, Samuel J. Willis, David Thomas Valentine, Otto Hufeland (1844)
"... and he a lawful lender, as formerly, to wit: six white, or three black seawants
for oue stuyver, on the other hand, the base strung sea- ..."
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