seavy, a. north.
(ˈsiːvɪ)
[f. seave + -y.]
Containing ‘seaves’ or rushes, overgrown with rushes; also, composed of rushes.
| 1684 Meriton Yorksh. Dial. 41 Our Land is..full of strang whickens, Cat whins, and Seavy Furs. 1691 Ray N.C. Words, s.v. Seaves. Seavy ground, such as is overgrown with Rushes. 1851 Cumbld. Gloss., Seevy-cap, a cap made of rushes. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorksh. Folk-Talk 156 ‘Seavy flats’ are merely the level pastures which..grow an abundance of seeaves or seves, the common soft rush. |