seyn.1
/seɪ/ = saithe n. Also sey-fish, sey-pollack.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish)
lob-keelingc1325
coalfish1337
lob1357
pollack1427
gull-fish1583
saithe1632
colmey1654
billard1661
rawlin pollack1673
sey-pollack1698
blackmouth1703
billet1769
greenback1772
green cod1776
glossan1780
stenlock179.
harbin1806
coalsey1829
rock salmon1831
rauning pollack1835
green pollack1859
coaly1915
1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 51 Their Food is Herring, Mackrels, and Syes.
1842 R. H. Bonnycastle Newfoundland in 1842 I. 264 The gadus carbonarius, the sey-fish of Norway, or coal-fish.
1863 Kingsley in Reader 29 Aug. 213/1 A two-pound ‘sei’ (Pollachius viridis), the most beautiful in form and colour of all British fish.
1864 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands III. 84 Sey Pollack.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
seyn.2
/seɪ/, U.S. /seɪ/, Scottish English /saɪ/, /se/ Scottish.
(See quot. 1844.)
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts
tild1342
ox foota1398
oxtaila1425
neat's foot?c1450
beef-flick1462
sticking piece1469
ox-tonguea1475
aitch-bone1486
fore-crop?1523
sirloin1525
mouse-piece1530
ox-cheek1592
neat's tongue1600
clod1601
sticking place1601
skink1631
neck beef1640
round1660
ox-heart1677
runner1688
sticking draught1688
brisket-beef1697
griskin1699
sey1719
chuck1723
shin1736
gravy beef1747
baron of beef1755
prime rib1759
rump and dozen1778
mouse buttock1818
slifta1825
nine holes1825
spauld-piece1828
trembling-piece1833
shoulder-lyar1844
butt1845
plate1854
plate-rand1854
undercut1859
silver-side1861
bed1864
wing rib1883
roll1884
strip-loin1884
hind1892
topside1896
rib-eye1926
buttock meat1966
onglet1982
1719 A. Ramsay Epist. to J. Arbuckle 89 A healthfu' Stomach sharply set Prefers a Back-sey pipin het.
1724 A. Ramsay Health 259 His squeamish Stomach loaths the savory Sey.
1724 A. Ramsay Health Gloss. Back-sey, a Surloin.
1737 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 65 Sent a hinde quarter of the cow to Gray and a fore say to Fentry.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 320 He'll make as muckle about buying a fore quarter o' lamb in August, as about a backsey o' beef.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 94 This bit morsel o' beef..is out o' the back sey.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of 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.]
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seyn.3
/seɪ/, U.S. /seɪ/, Scottish English /saɪ/, /se/ Scottish and Ulster.
Cf. scye n. [Of obscure origin.]
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > arm > opening in garment for
sey1825
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) The sey of a gown or shift is the opening through which the arm passes, S.
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