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Quotation dates: 1513
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Se-farar, n. Also: see-, sey-. [e.m.E. sea-farer (1608); Se n.1 and Fare v.] A traveller by sea. — 1513 Doug. v xiii 30.
The wynd … followit fast the see fararis [Sm. se fararis, Ruddim. sey fararis; L. prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntis] behynd
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