▪ I. sewin1
(ˈsjuːɪn)
Forms: 6 suwynge, sewing, 8 shewin, 9 sewen, suin, 8– sewin.
[Of obscure origin: app. not Welsh. Cf. suant n.]
A fish of the Salmon tribe (Salmo cambricus or eriox), the bull-trout, found in Welsh rivers.
| 1532 in G. T. Clarke Cartæ Glamorgan IV. 454 Yeldyng and paynge yerely to the sayd abbotte..x. samones v. gyllynges and xliiijte suwynges..or elles..for euery cuple sewinges 1. d. 1769 Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 248 Taken in the river Wye, where it is known by the name of Sewin, or Shewin. 1805 Duncumb Agric. Heref. 17 The botcher resembles the suin taken in the Welsh rivers. 1834 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. ii. 52 The sewin will most likely prove our Scotch hirling or whiting. 1861 Act 24 & 25 Vict. c. 109 §4. 1900 Field 28 July 153/1 There is not a better sea trout or sewin river in North Wales. |
▪ II. sewin2
(ˈsjuːɪn)
Corrupt form of sewel, shewel.
| 1886 Walsingham Shooting (Badm. Libr.) I. 201 A substitute for nets in covert shooting, where it is desirable to stop the winged game rather than the ground game, is commonly known as ‘sewin’. 1898 Encycl. Sport II. 85/2 (Pheasant) The number of stops may be materially reduced by the use of the sewin. |
▪ III. sewin(e
obs. Sc. forms of seven.