Definitions
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- noun A deep and narrow sea-
inlet in theBritish Isles , especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut byerosion into sea-cliffs , and with steep or vertical side-walls.
Etymologies
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From Cornish sâwn, sawan ("chasm"); cognate with Welsh safn ("mouth"), Breton staoñ ("palate").
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Examples
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About three days after Silas was drowned, John was one afternoon out fishing for bait, and happened to be keeping rather close to the cliff-line, when he perceived a little seal emerge from a zawn [M] and come swimming, as with a settled purpose, towards the boat.
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