seawan

seawan
/see"weuhn/, n.
wampum (def. 1).
Also, seawant /see"wahnt'/, sewan.
[1620-30, Amer.; < New York D sewan, zeewan, zeewant, etc. < Munsee Delaware *sé·wan unstrung wampum, lit., that which is in a scattered state, deriv of se·(w)- scatter(ed)]

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  • Seawan — Sea wan, Seawant Sea want, n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money. [1913 Webster] Note: Seawan was of two kinds; {wampum}, white, and {suckanhock}, black or purple, the former having… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seawan — /siywon/ The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads (or wampum) which passed among the Indians as money …   Black's law dictionary

  • seawan — or seawant variant of sewan …   Useful english dictionary

  • Seawant — Seawan Sea wan, Seawant Sea want, n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money. [1913 Webster] Note: Seawan was of two kinds; {wampum}, white, and {suckanhock}, black or purple, the former… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suckanhock — Seawan Sea wan, Seawant Sea want, n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money. [1913 Webster] Note: Seawan was of two kinds; {wampum}, white, and {suckanhock}, black or purple, the former… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wampum — Seawan Sea wan, Seawant Sea want, n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money. [1913 Webster] Note: Seawan was of two kinds; {wampum}, white, and {suckanhock}, black or purple, the former… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wampum — Seawan Sea wan, Seawant Sea want, n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money. [1913 Webster] Note: Seawan was of two kinds; {wampum}, white, and {suckanhock}, black or purple, the former… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Suckanhock — Suck an*hock, n. [Of American Indian origin.] A kind of seawan. See Note under {Seawan}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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