Lexicographical Neighbors of Keavies
Literary usage of Keavies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross by Sir Robert Sibbald (1803)
"... the small crabs presently eat up all • the parenchyma of them. I have found
these crabs, we call keavies, eating the Slieve-fish greedily. ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"19. V. Si, E ET н SLIEVE-FISH, t. The cuttle-fish, Frith of Forth. " 1 have found
these crabs, we call keavies, eating the ..."
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