seavyadj.
/ˈsiːvi/ northern.
Containing ‘seaves’ or rushes, overgrown with rushes; also, composed of rushes.
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1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. 41 Our Land is..full of strang whickens, Cat whins, and Seavy Furs.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) at Seaves. Seavy ground, such as is overgrown with Rushes.
1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Seevy-cap, a cap made of rushes.
1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 156 ‘Seavy flats’ are merely the level pastures which..grow an abundance of seeaves or seves, the common soft rush.
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