Sc. Obs. Forms: 6 stewin, -yn, 6–7 steven. [Either repr. OE. stęfn var. of stęmn STEM sb.2, or a. the equivalent Du. or LG. steven.] = STEM sb.2 1.
1512–3. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., IV. 473. Item,… ane [dracht] fra Newbotill of stewinnys to boittis.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, I. i. 65. With bent saill ful, richt merely saland, Thair stewinnis stowrand fast throw the salt fame. Ibid., I. iii. 19. The schippis stewyn frawart hir went can writhe. Ibid., V. iv. 137. Stevenis.
1673. D. Wedderburn, Vocab., 22 (Jam.). Prora, the steven of a ship, or the fore castle.
