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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Se-cant,) Sey-, Sea-cant, n. [Se n.1 and Kant n.] The edge or brink of the sea. — 1597 Reg. Privy C. V 394.
[Hew had] … refused [to surrender], withdrawing himself within the sey cant and invading sic as drew narrest him … and … passing backwart in the deip, drownit 1625 Burnett Fam. P. 227.
From thence going eistward alongis the seacant foiranent Argull Bay
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