? Obs. Also 7, 9 sewant. [? Var. of SEWIN1.] App. a name for certain flat fish; see quots.
a. 1609. Dennis, Secrets of Angling, II. xxviii. (1613), C 7 b. To take the Sewant, yea, the Flounder sweet. Ibid., xlii. D 2. The Suant swift, that is not set by least.
1615. Markham, Pleas. Princ., vi. (1635), 32. The Flounder, and Sewant are greedy biters, yet very crafty.
1847. Halliwell, Dict. Sewant, the plaice. Northumb.
