Meanings
comparative more seaworn · superlative most seaworn
- Smoothed or worn away gradually by the action of the sea.
With Waltham, and the Bere, that on the Sea-worne shore See at the Southerne Iles the Tides at tilt to runne;
1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 2 p. 281 more example
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 […]
1977, Société jersiaise, Annual Bulletin (volume 22, part 1, page 43)
Origin
From sea + worn. According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.
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