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Definition of Sewin
1. n. Same as Sewen.
Definition of Sewin
1. Noun. (context: in Wales) sea trout ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sewin
1. sewen [n -S] - See also: sewen
Medical Definition of Sewin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewin
Literary usage of Sewin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"He felt well, and he proposed to me that I should have a sewin' machine. ...
Says I, "Josian> I have got a couple of sewin' machines by me that have run ..."
2. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"In the year of our Lord 999, the venerable Archbishop sewin began to restore the
abbey of St. Peter at Melun from the foundations, and establishing there a ..."
3. Ballads & Songs of Lancashire: Chiefly Older Than the 19th Century by John Harland (1865)
"sewin'-CLASS SONG. By SAMUEL LAYCOCK. COME lasses, let's cheer up an' sing; ...
sewin'-schoo' to ring, and stitch away loike mad ; We 'll try an' mak' th' ..."
4. Lancashire Lyrics: Modern Songs and Ballads of the County Palatine by John Harland (1866)
"sewin'-CLASS SONG. BY SAMUEL LAYCOCK. COME lasses, let's cheer up an' sing; ...
sewin'-schoo' to ring, and stitch away loike mad ; We 'll try an' mak' th' ..."
5. Poems by Edwin Leibfreed (1913)
"WHEN A WOMAN'S sewin' There ain't no thin' seems more soothin' Than to watch a
... When Maria gits to sewin', An' there's nothin' much to do But to sit ..."
6. Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales by George Agar Hansard (1834)
"The sewin differs from the common salmon in various particulars, that will not
fail to strike the eye on comparing the two fishes. ..."
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