| 释义 |
▪ I. sey1|seɪ|
Also 7 sye, 9 sei.
[var. of saithe. Cf. Norw. sei.]
= saithe. Also sey-fish, sey-pollack.
1698M. Martin Voy. St. Kilda (1749) 27 Their food is Herring, Mackarels, and Syes. 1842Bonnycastle Newfoundld. I. 264 The gadus carbonarius, the sey-fish of Norway, or coal-fish. 1863Kingsley in Reader 29 Aug. 213/1 A two-pound ‘sei’ (Pollachius viridis), the most beautiful in form and colour of all British fish. 1864Couch Brit. Fishes III. 84 Sey Pollack.
▪ II. sey2 Sc.|seɪ|
Also 8 say.
[Of obscure origin.]
(See quot. 1844.)
1719Ramsay Ep. J. Arbuckle 89 A healthfu' Stomach sharply set Prefers a Back-sey pipin het. 1724― Health 259 His squeamish Stomach loaths the savory Sey. Ibid. Gloss., Back-sey, a Surloin. 1737Ochtertyre House Bk. Acc. (S.H.S.) 65 Sent a hinde quarter of the cow to Gray and a fore say to Fentry. 1816Scott Antiq. xv, He'll make as muckle about buying a forequarter o' lamb in August as about a back sey o' beef. 1819― Br. Lamm. xxxiv, This bit morsel o' beef..is out o' the back sey. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 168 The sirloin, or back sey. The spare rib, or fore sey. [In the Scotch mode of cutting up a carcass of beef.]
▪ III. sey3 Sc. and Ulster.|sɛɪ|
Also sie, sye, etc. (see E.D.D.).
Cf. scye. [Of obscure origin.]
1825–80Jamieson s.v., The sey of a gown or shift is the opening in which the sleeve is inserted. S.
▪ IV. sey
see say, sea, see, sye (sieve). |