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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Se-grene,) Sie-, Sea-grein(e, Seegreenne, adj. (n.). [e.m.E. sea-greene (1598).] Sea-green, ‘pale bluish-green’. —1597 Edinb. Test. XXX 160.
Sevintene elne … siegreine craip 1611 Mar & Kellie MSS 67.
A yard three quarters of seegreenne sattin 1662 Crim. Trials III 615.
Som of thaim [sc. devils] apeirit in sadd-dun, som in grasse-grein, som in sea-grein
