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单词 suant
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suantn.

Forms: Also 1600s, 1800s sewant.
Etymology: ? Variant of sewin n.1
? Obsolete.
Apparently a name for certain flatfish; see quots.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of genus Platichthyes (flounder)
flukea700
buttc1300
floundera1450
suanta1609
salmon flounder1815
Monterey halibut1882
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > genus Pleuronectes > pleuronectes platessa (plaice)
schullea1300
buttc1300
plaicec1300
plaice-fluke1596
suanta1609
sea sparrow1672
a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) ii. xxviii. sig. C7v To take the Sewant, yea, the Flounder sweet.
a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) ii. xlii. D 2 The Suant swift, that is not set by least.
1615 G. Markham Pleasures Princes (1635) vi. 32 The Flounder, and Sewant are greedy biters, yet very crafty.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Sewant, the plaice. Northumb.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

suantadj.

/ˈsjuːənt/
Forms: Middle English suante, suaunt, 1500s–1800s sewant, 1700s souant, 1800s suent, 1700s– suant.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sua(u)nt, Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (modern French suivre) to follow < Latin *sequere for sequī.
Now dialect.
1. Following, ensuing. Obsolete. (Cf. suing n.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent
followingOE
afterOE
nextOE
suinga1325
suant1422
succedentc1450
after-comingc1454
secondary1471
subsequent1472
succeeding1561
supervenient1565
subsequent1568
consequent1581
proceeding1592
ensuing1604
subsecutive1611
sequenta1616
insequentc1620
postliminious1625
sequel1632
postnate1638
supervening1640
descending1642
forward1643
postventional1645
yondersa1650
succrescent1653
pedissequous1657
subsequential1657
assequent1659
post-nated1659
posthume1662
posterious1672
survenient1677
succedent1688
postliminous1714
first1746
sequelled1805
postliminary1826
thereafter1830
descensive1882
akoluthic1889
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. xxxvii. 195 Now will I retourn to that place..in this sam maner suante.
2. ? Agreeing, suitable. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]
samtalec1175
samentalea1300
accordingc1300
accordantc1350
covenablec1384
concordable1393
accorda1413
suant1418
consonant1489
convenablea1500
concordant1512
semblable1513
convenient1526
modulatec1530
harmonical1531
harmoniacal1536
agreeable1540
concurrent1542
suitable1568
concinne1569
harmonial1569
sympathical1570
tunable1573
coherenta1575
conspiring1576
well-consenting1579
well-consorted1583
congruous1599
high-tuned1603
symbolizing1611
unjarring1620
concording1627
congruenta1637
harmonious1638
friendlya1641
unclashing1642
complying1646
symphoniacal1650
consistent1651
consentaneous1652
consentivea1657
symbolical1667
concordiousa1670
sympathetic1673
congenerous1677
symbolizant1685
congenial1693
symphonious1743
harmonic1756
concentual1782
undiscordant1819
concordial1822
attuned1833
connate1836
sympathetical1848
concentuous1850
consenting1858
consilient1867
tuned in1958
1418–20 J. Page Siege Rouen in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 34 Kyngys, herrowdys, and pursefauntys, In cotys of armys suauntys [v.rr. amyauntis, arryauntis].
3. Working or proceeding regularly, evenly, smoothly, or easily; even, smooth, regular. Also adv. = suantly adv.For other dialect meanings (‘placid, equable’, ‘pleasing, agreeable’, ‘demure, grave’) see Eng. Dial. Dict.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective]
oneOE
consimilec1400
suinga1425
even?c1425
agreeable1512
uniform1540
consemblable?1541
suant1547
constantc1550
just?1556
similar1563
similary1564
unvaried1570
uniformal1574
consimilar1577
homogeneana1601
homogeneal1603
homogene1607
invariable1607
of a piece1607
undistinguisheda1616
univocal1615
immutable1621
uniformable1632
solemn1639
homogeneous1646
consistent1651
pariformal1651
self-consistent1651
congeniousa1656
level1655
undiversificated1659
equal1663
of one make1674
invarieda1676
congenerous1683
undiversified1684
equable1693
solid1699
consisting1700
tranquil1794
unbranching1826
horizontal1842
sole1845
self-similar1847
homoeomeric1865
equiformal1883
monochrome1970
the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > done easily
suant1547
glib1598
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule > characterized by the presence or operation of
just?1556
regular?1558
solemn1639
suanta1722
the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adverb]
evenOE
evenlya1398
evenlya1400
mackly1440
steadily1540
suantly1547
agreeably1561
agreeingly1563
uniformally1574
uniformly1577
levelly1610
invariably1646
constantly1651
homogeneously1651
equally1690
equably1715
unvariedly1780
suant1787
unrelievedly1832
consistently1861
synchronously1862
1547 [implied in: R. Record Judic. Uryne 18 b Not suantly and uniformly joyned together. (at suantly adv.)].
1605 R. Carew in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 100 By observing our wittie and sewant [printed servant] manner of deducing [words from Latin and French].
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 149 The middle-ripe barley..ripened altogether, and looked white and very suant [margin. kindly, flourishing].
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Zuant, regularly sowed. The wheat must be zown zuant.
1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms W. Devonshire in Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 330 Souant, fair, even, regular (a hackneyed word).
1854 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 10 420 A fisherman's line is said to run through his hand suant [printed suart] when he feels no inequality or roughness, but it is equally soft and flexible throughout.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 37 Yet the Middlesex Cattle Show goes off here with éclat annually, as if all the joints of the agricultural machine were suent.
1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. xvi. 252 Peter and his wife did not get on very ‘suant’ together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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