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 88 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Scythe hook, sb. a reaping-hook that r^uires to be shaipenedy as distinguiahed firom a * toothed hook * or sickle. Seam, sb. ' Groose eecon,* goose fat. Seloh, sb, a seal, Phoca, 'Seed, breed, and generation,' the whole of one's family and relatives. Seedfl, sb. pL the husks of oats. See Sowans. See ontens, v. to go about for pleasure. • If A didn't see ovietvs when A'm young, when would A ? * Seep, r. to leak or ooze. Seepage, sb. what ^ seeps ' or leaks. * There's a great seepage from ihaX, cask/ Sel, self : henoe Amael, her«e/, them^e/, m'^/. Seryer, sb, a small tray or salver. Set, (1) sb, a spell. ' A long set of saft weather.' (2) A ' low set person,' a person with a squat figure. (3) V. to plant (4) V. determined. * She's hard •«< to be married.' (5) v. ' She sets that very well,* t. t, that becomes her very welL (6) V. ' The night is sety t. e. the night is fixed ; night has come on, ^7) adj, applied to a person who has stopped growing taller. * She's qmte set lookin'.' (8) V, to appoint. ' I cant set no time,' «. e. I cannot appoint a time. Set a ftiteh, t to make a stitch in sewing. Sett, sb, the number of ridges of corn that a ' boon ' or reaping party is spread over. If there are ten able-bodied reapers in the ' lKX>n/ the sett would consist of ten ridges. ' Set tae lowe,' set on fire. Setting down, sb, a scolding. Same as Doing oC Setts, sb, pi. * Paving setts ' or * cross setts,* rectangular blocks of stone used for paving streets. Seven'dible, sb. thorough or severe ; very great. Sererals, sb. pi, several persons or things. ^ Severals told me about it.' Shaaps, Shaups, sb. pi. the shells of beans or peas. Shade, sb. the parting or division of the hair on one's head ; a shed« Shai, sb. a shoe.