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seavy

adj.

"overgrown with rushes," 1680s, from seave "rush" (c.1400), from Old Norse sef.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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The proprietors, Messrs. Vail and seavy, determined to bore for a spring.

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