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Definition of Sewel
1. n. A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
Definition of Sewel
1. Noun. A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sewel
1. a scarecrow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewel
Literary usage of Sewel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"In spite of an invitation from William Penn to become master of the quaker school
opened at Bristol, sewel remained in Amsterdam until his death on 13 March ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"(E.) ME smuk, Chaucer, CT&Du. smeulen, • to smoak hiddenly,' sewel. See Smell.
8. The SMOKE, vapour from a burning body, esp. wood or coal. ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books: Or Books Written by Members of by Joseph Smith (1867)
"Letter from "William sewel to William Penn. Translated from the Latin. ...
No Cross No Crown, Translated into DUTCH, by William sewel 12mo. 1687. ..."
4. A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books: Or Books Written by Members of by Joseph Smith (1867)
"No Cross No Crown, Translated into DUTCH, by William sewel 12mo. 1687. ...
(History of the Old and New Testaments) Translated by Wm. sewel. Folio. ..."
5. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 by Beverly (Mass.) (1907)
"sewel (see also Sewal), Elizabeth, and William Tuck, June 4, I733-* Judeth, of
Gloucester, and Robert Pickett, Oct. 22, 1761.» Sary, and Joseph Cole, Mar. ..."
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