SEAWAN

Etymology

Noun

seawan (usually uncountable, plural seawans)

Wampum (small beads made from polished shells).

Anagrams

• wasnae

Source: Wiktionary


Sea"wan, Sea"want, n.

Definition: The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

Note: Seawan was of two kinds; wampum, white, and suckanhock, black or purple, -- the former having half the value of the latter. Many writers, however, use the terms seawan and wampum indiscriminately. Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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