SEAGIRT • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Seagirt

... this mute parlor of the seagirt convent memories of himself. Love seldom reaches upward to solemnity; but love in the bosom of God,—is there nothing solemn there? Yes, more than a man has the right to hope for in this nineteenth century, with our manners and our customs ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various

... moonlight fell upon the Ayrshire mosses and deans, but did not silver, as far as we are concerned, the Carrick Castle of Bruce, nor Cameron's lair amidst the heather, nor landward Tintock, nor even seagirt Ailsa Craig, but only the rolling waves of the Atlantic and a grey turreted mansion-house built on a promontory running abruptly into the water. The dim ivory light illuminated a gay company met in the ...

— Girlhood and Womanhood - The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes • Sarah Tytler