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Definition of Enseams
1. enseam [v] - See also: enseam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enseams
Literary usage of Enseams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1845)
"... thee ;" and Spenser's Faery Queen, " And bounteous Trent, that in herself
enseams Both thirty sorts of fish and thirty sundry streams," P. 249. ..."
2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1849)
"... The other, like a delicate rose, Whose leaves are longing to unclose, Which
yet a veil of moss enseams, And in its bud it lies and dreams. ..."
3. The Journey from Chester to London by Thomas Pennant (1811)
"The bounteous Trent, that in himself enseams Both thirty sorts of fish, and thirty
sundry streams. AFTER, quoting the sublime description of Milton, ..."
4. Old English Plays: Being a Selection from the Early Dramatic Writers by Charles Wentworth Dilke (1814)
"It is found in the Fourth Book of Spencer's " Fairy Queen,'' and means there
simply to enclose : " And bounteous Trent, that in himself enseams Both thirty ..."
5. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary: Of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1834)
"And bounteous Trent, that in himself enseams Both thirty sorts of fish and thirty
sundry streams. ..."
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