seaworn

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English

Etymology

From sea +‎ worn. According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Adjective

seaworn (comparative more seaworn, superlative most seaworn)

  1. Smoothed or worn away gradually by the action of the sea.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 2 p. 28:
      With Waltham, and the Bere, that on the Sea-worne shore
      See at the Southerne Iles the Tides at tilt to runne;
    • 1977, Société jersiaise, Annual Bulletin (volume 22, part 1, page 43)
      Some of the larger stones are completely angular, including the tallest stone in the structure, but others, including a large capstone of peculiar shape, broken and now repaired with iron rods and molten lead, are obviously seaworn and must have been brought up the hill from sea level

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