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Sewart, Seward, adv. phr. Also: see-, sey-, sie-, sea- and -warte, -ward. [ME and e.m.E. to the see-ward (1387-8), to the seward (c1440), to see-ward (1540), to seaward (1567), sea-ward adv. (1610), adj. (c1450).] a. To (the) sewart, out to sea, towards the open sea; on the seaward side (of a street, etc.). b. adj. By the sea, coastal.a. 1513 Doug. iii viii 123.
We, not bekend quhat rycht cours mycht we seik, War warp to seywart [Sm. seewart] 1533 Boece 407.
Finding na place denwde of weremen thai gaif thame to sey warte 15.. Clar. v 2542.
They go to seawart as [ane] foule on flicht 1562–3 Treas. Acc. XI 251.
Eftir scho [sc. a ship] wes departit to se wart 1566 Rec. Earld. Orkney 376.
Thai passit to the North Ilis … and thaireftir to sewart 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Æn. iii 70.
In altum, to the siewart(b) 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7391.
Heisit vp saillis, and to seward thay past 1590 Welwod 79.
The place ordinair for this jurisdiction … quhilk wald be at the lest ane certain in ilk seaward shireb. 1601 Edinb. B. Rec. V 288.
For inlayrgeing the commoun passage and for giving him thairfor mair land to the seywart