An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To SEY, v. a. To strain any liquid, S.

Isl. sy-a, A. S. se-on, percolare.

Sey-dish, s. The searce used for straining, S.

Isl. sij, Teut. sijgh, a strainer.

SEY, s.
1. The seam which runs under the arm, S.
2. The back bone of a beeve being cut up, the one side is called the fore-sey, the other the back-sey. The latter is the surloin, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. sega, portiuncula; Dan. seje, a muscle.

SEY, s. A woollen cloth, formerly made by families for their own use, S.
Ritson.

SEY, s. The sea.
Douglas.

Sey-fair, adj. Sea faring.
Act Sed.

SEIBOW, SEBOW, s. A young onion, S.