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Full
(·comp) Sated; surfeited.
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full
The state of the sails when the wind fills them so as to carry the vessel ahead.
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Sea
·noun Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
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sea
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Sea
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Chock-full
·adj Quite full; choke-full.
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Choke-full
·adj Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.
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Full house
·add. ·- A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a...
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Full-blooded
·adj Having a full supply of blood.
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Full-bloomed
·adj Like a perfect blossom.
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Full-blown
·adj Fully distended with wind, as a sail.
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Full-bottomed
·adj Of great capacity below the water line.
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Full-butt
·adv With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision.
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Full-drive
·adv With full speed.
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Full-formed
·adj Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.
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Full-grown
·adj Having reached the limits of growth; mature.
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Full-hearted
·adj Full of courage or confidence.
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Full-hot
·adj Very fiery.
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Full-manned
·adj Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship.
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Full-orbed
·adj Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.
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Full-sailed
·adj Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation.
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Full-winged
·adj Beady for flight; eager.
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full march
The Scotch greys are in full march by the crown office; the lice are crawling down his head.
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chock-full
Entirely full; see also Chuck-full.
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chuck-full
Entirely full. Common in familiar language as well as chock-full, which see for other examples.
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full butt
With sudden collision. The figure is taken from the violent encounter of animals, such as rams or go...
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full chisel
At full speed. A modern New England vulgarism.
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full drive
At full speed. A very common and very old phrase.
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full split
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full swing
Full sway; complete control.
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full-stated
spoken of a leasehold estate that has three lives subsisting on it. Exm.
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goping-full
as much as you can hold in your hand. North. A GOPPEN-FULL, a large nandfull. South.
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a gopen-full
as much of any thing as can be held in both hands. N.
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chock-full
, chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c.
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choke-full
Entirely full; top full.
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clean-full
Keeping the sail full, bellying, off the wind.
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full bastion
In fortification, is a bastion whereof the terreplein, or terrace in rear of the parapet, is extende...
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full-bottomed
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full drive
Fully direct; impetuous violence.
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full due
For good; for ever; complete; belay.
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full feather
Attired in best dress or full uniform.
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full man
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full moon
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full pay
The stipend allowed when on actual service.
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full retreat
When an army, or any body of men, retire with all expedition before a conquering enemy.
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full revetment
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full sails
The sails well set, and filled by the wind.
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full speed!
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full spread
All sail set.
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full swing
Having full power delegated; complete control.
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Riding hawse-full; pitching bows under.
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rap-full
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full of emptiness
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full up of
adj. (slang)
sick and tired of.«Full on,» and «full of,» are other forms.
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full and by
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full for stays!
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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Deep-sea
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Mid sea
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·- The middle part of the sea or ocean.
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·add. ·- A sea open to all nations. ·see Mare clausum.
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Sea goose
·- A <<Phalarope>>.
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Sea gown
·- A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
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Sea grape
·- The gulf weed. ·see under <<Gulf>>.
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Sea grass
·- <<Eelgrass>>.
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Sea green
·- The green color of sea water.
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Sea gudgeon
·- The European black goby (Gobius niger).
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Sea gull
·- Any gull living on the seacoast.
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Sea hare
·- Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. ·see <<Aplysia>>.
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Sea hawk
·- A jager gull.
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Sea heath
·- A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.
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Sea hedgehog
·- A sea urchin.
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Sea hen
·- the common guillemot;
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Sea hog
·- The <<Porpoise>>.
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Sea holly
·- An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). ·see <<Eryngium>>.
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Sea holm
·- Sea holly.
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Sea horse
·- The <<Walrus>>.
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Sea hulver
·- Sea holly.
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Sea jelly
·- A medusa, or jellyfish.
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Sea kale
·- ·see under <<Kale>>.
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Sea king
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Sea laces
·- A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.
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Sea lamprey
·- The common lamprey.
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Sea language
·- The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.
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Sea lark
·- The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus).
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Sea lavender
·- ·see Marsh rosemary, under <<Marsh>>.
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Sea lawyer
·- The gray snapper. ·see under <<Snapper>>.
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Sea legs
·- Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or...
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Sea lemon
·- Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, havin...
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Sea leopard
·- Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes We...
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Sea letter
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Sea lettuce
·- The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.
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Sea level
·- The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
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Sea lily
·- A <<Crinoid>>.
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Sea lion
·- Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, es...
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Sea loach
·- The three-bearded rockling. ·see <<Rockling>>.
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Sea louse
·- Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostl...
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Sea mantis
·- A <<Squilla>>.
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Sea marge
·- Land which borders on the sea; the seashore.
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Sea mat
·- Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
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Sea maw
·- The sea mew.
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Sea mew
·- A gull; the mew.
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Sea mile
·- A geographical mile. ·see <<Mile>>.
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Sea milkwort
·- A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.
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Sea monk
·- ·see Monk seal, under <<Monk>>.
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Sea monster
·- Any large sea animal.
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Sea moss
·- Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
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Sea mouse
·- The <<Dunlin>>.
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Sea mud
·- A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure;
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Sea needle
·- ·see Garfish (a).
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Sea nettle
·- A jellyfish, or medusa.
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Sea onion
·- The officinal squill. ·see <<Squill>>.
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Sea ooze
·- ·same·as Sea mud.
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Sea orange
·- A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered wi...
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Sea otter
·- An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is hig...
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Sea owl
·- The <<Lumpfish>>.
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Sea pad
·- The <<Puffin>>.
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Sea partridge
·- The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.
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Sea pass
·- A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea l...
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Sea peach
·- A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety...
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Sea pear
·- A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
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Sea perch
·- The sea bass.
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Sea pheasant
·- The pintail duck.
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Sea pie
·- The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus.
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Sea piet
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Sea pig
·- A porpoise or dolphin.
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Sea pigeon
·- The common guillemot.
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Sea pike
·- The <<Garfish>>.
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Sea pincushion
·- A sea purse.
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Sea pink
·- ·see <<Thrift>>.
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Sea plover
·- the black-bellied plover.
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Sea poacher
·- ·Alt. of Sea poker.
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Sea poker
·- The <<Lyrie>>.
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Sea pool
·- A pool of salt water.
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Sea poppy
·- The horn poppy. ·see under <<Horn>>.
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Sea porcupine
·- Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. ·see ·Illust....
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Sea pork
·- An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling ...
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Sea pudding
·- Any large holothurian.
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Sea purse
·- The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.
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Sea purslane
·- ·see under <<Purslane>>.
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Sea pye
·- ·see 1st Sea pie.
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Sea pyot
·- ·see 1st Sea pie.
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Sea quail
·- The <<Turnstone>>.
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Sea rat
·- A <<Pirate>>.
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Sea raven
·- The <<Cormorant>>.
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Sea reed
·- The sea-sand reed. ·see under <<Reed>>.
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Sea risk
·- Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.
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Sea robber
·- A pirate; a sea rover.
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Sea robin
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Sea rocket
·- ·see under <<Rocket>>.
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Sea room
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Sea rover
·- One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
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Sea salmon
·- A young pollock.
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Sea salt
·- Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.
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Sea sandpiper
·- The purple sandpiper.
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Sea sandwort
·- ·see Sea chickweed.
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Sea saurian
·noun Any marine saurian; ·esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Ple...
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Sea scorpion
·- The <<Scorpene>>.
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Sea scurf
·- Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, ·etc.
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Sea serpent
·- Any marine snake. ·see Sea snake.
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Sea slater
·- Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.
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Sea slug
·- A nudibranch mollusk.
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Sea snail
·- Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, ·etc.
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Sea snake
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Sea snipe
·- The bellows fish.
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Sea spider
·- Any pycnogonid.
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Sea squirt
·- An ascidian. ·see ·Illust. under <<Tunicata>>.
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Sea star
·- A starfish, or brittle star.
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Sea surgeon
·- A surgeon fish.
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Sea swallow
·- The common tern.
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Sea tang
·- A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.
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Sea term
·- A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.
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Sea thief
·- A <<Pirate>>.
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Sea thongs
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Sea titling
·- The rock pipit.
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Sea toad
·- A <<Sculpin>>.
II. Sea toad ·- The <<Angler>>.
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Sea trout
·- The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.
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Sea trumpet
·- Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. ·see <<Triton>>.
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Sea turn
·- A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
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Sea turtle
·- The sea pigeon, or guillemot.
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Sea unicorn
·- The <<Narwhal>>.
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Sea urchin
·- Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea.
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Sea wall
·- A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.
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Sea whip
·- A gorgonian having a simple stem.
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Sea widgeon
·- The scaup duck.
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Sea willow
·- A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.
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Sea wing
·- A wing shell (Avicula).
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Sea withwind
·- A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.
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Sea wolf
·- A sea lion.
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Sea woodcock
·- The bar-tailed godwit.
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Sea wormwood
·- A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.
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Sea wrack
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Sea-bar
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Sea-blubber
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Sea-bordering
·adj Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea.
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Sea-born
·adj Born at sea.
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Sea-built
·adj Built at, in, or by the sea.
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Sea-ear
·noun Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. ·see <<Abalone>>.
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