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Seth

noun

(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel.

Evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris. Synonym: Set.

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"Seth" Quotes from Famous Books

... to St. Ives, the Nonesuch sailed again for Roscoff. At the last moment he decided not to command her this trip; but turned the business over to his mate, Seth Rogers—a very dependable man, though not clever at all. So away she went, leaving the Cove empty but for himself only and Bessie Bussow and Tummels, that lived in a freehold cottage on his savings and didn't draw a regular wage, but only took a hand in a run when he chose. Moreover, Tummels had ...

— Merry-Garden and Other Stories • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... Seth Williams was hunted up. He would come, and bring his son who would help about loading, for two dollars and a half a day. There were seventy-odd tons subscribed for, but they decided to make their order one hundred tons. Coal ...

— Hope Mills - or Between Friend and Sweetheart • Amanda M. Douglas

... things would now settle down in a regular way. Hans and Terence had taken a contract to dig the holes for the posts of the strong fence which was to surround the house, including a space of a hundred yards square. This precaution was considered to be indispensable as a defence against the Indians. Seth, the Yankee, had similarly engaged to dig a well close to the house. No supervision of them was therefore necessary. Lopez was to accompany them. Each took a double-barrelled gun and a revolver. The day was very fine—about as hot as upon a ...

— Out on the Pampas - The Young Settlers • G. A. Henty

... what to tell thee, Seth; I have greatly feared that my heart was an erring one. I have tried to bestow my love on all; but I have sometimes thought, perhaps, that thee was getting rather ...

— Life and Literature - Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, - and classified in alphabetical order • J. Purver Richardson

... 109, 323. D'Herbelot (s. v. Giabbar Giant) connects "Jababirah" with the Heb. Ghibbor Ghibborim and the Pers. Div, Divan: of these were 'Ad and Shaddad, Kings of Syria: the Falast"in (Philistines) 'Auj, Amalik and Banu Shayth or Seth's descendants, the sons of God (Benu- Elohim) of the Book of Genesis (vi. 2) who inhabited Mount Hermon and lived in purity ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

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