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Sea, The
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river...
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Under
·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...
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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land.
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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Sea, The molten
The great laver made by Solomon for the use of the priests in the temple, described in 1 Kings 7:23-...
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bowing the sea
Meeting a turbulent swell in coming to the wind.
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keeping the sea
The term formerly used when orders were issued for the array of the inhabitants of the sea-coasts.
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Sea, The Salt
the usual and perhaps the most ancient name for the remarkable lake which to the western world is no...
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haul under the chains
This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make t...
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Sea
·noun Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
II. Sea ·noun A great braz...
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sea
Strictly speaking, sea is the next large division of water after ocean, but in its special sense sig...
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Sea
The sea, yam, is used in Scripture to denote-
• "The gathering of the waters," "the Ocean." (Genesi...
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Under-age
·adj Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish...
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Under-arm
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...
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Under-garment
·noun A garment worn below another.
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under dubber
A turnkey.
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to cut under
To undersell in price.--New York.
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to knock under
A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson.
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knuckle-under
Obey your superior's order; give way to circumstances.
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under-bevelling
The alteration made inside a square in hewing timber, as opposed to standing bevelling.
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under-bright
A meteorological term for the strong light which sometimes appears below clouds near the horizon.
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under canvas
Synonymous with under sail.
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under-current
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...
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under deck
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks.
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under foot
Under the ship's bottom; said of an anchor which is dropped while she has head-way. An anchor is oft...
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under level
See bevelling.
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under-manned
When a ship has an insufficient complement, or is short-handed.
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under-masted
When the masts are either too small or too short, so that a ship cannot spread the sail necessary to...
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under metal
The condition of a gun when the muzzle is depressed, and the metal, i.e. the breech, raised; the pro...
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under sail
The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails.
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under-set
Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...
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under-skinker
Assistant to the purser's steward.
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under-tow
An under current especially noticed at the mouths of great rivers, or where tide and half-tides prev...
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under way
A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...
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breach of the sea
Waves breaking over the hull of a vessel in bad weather, or when stranded.
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fugitives over the sea
By old statutes, now obsolete, to depart this realm without the king's license incurred forfeiture o...
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heave of the sea
The power that the swell of the sea exerts upon a ship in driving her out of, or faster on in, her c...
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rules of the sea
Certain practices and regulations as to steerage, which are recognized by seamen as well as by law, ...
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rut of the sea
The point of impact where it dashes against anything.
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scum of the sea
The refuse seen on the line of tidal change; the drift sent off by the ebbing tide. Or (in the neigh...
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stroke of the sea
The shock occasioned to a vessel by a heavy sea striking her.
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Tiberias, The Sea Of
(John 21:1) [Gennesaret, Sea Of, SEA OF]
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent.
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lee-gunwale under
A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause.
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prisoner under restraint
Suspended from duty; deprived of command.
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staggering under it
A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear.
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stand from under!
A notice given to those below to keep out of the way of anything being lowered down, or let fall fro...
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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way."
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under bare poles
The condition of a ship under no canvas, or when the wind is too violent to allow of any sail being ...
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under-shore, to
To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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Deep-sea
·adj Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (·i.e., a line to take sou...
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Mid sea
·- ·Alt. of Mid-sea.
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Mid-sea
·- The middle part of the sea or ocean.
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Open sea
·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
·- One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plun...
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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
·- The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry...
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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;
— calle...
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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.
II. Sea perch ·- The <<Cunner>>.
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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
·- ·see 1st Sea pie.
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Sea pig
·- A porpoise or dolphin.
II. Sea pig ·- A <<Dugong>>.
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Sea pigeon
·- The common guillemot.
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Sea pike
·- The <<Garfish>>.
II. Sea pike ·- The <<Merluce>>.
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Sea pincushion
·- A sea purse.
II. Sea pincushion ·- A pentagonal starfish.
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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>>.
II. Sea rat ·- The <<Chimaera>>.
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Sea raven
·- The <<Cormorant>>.
II. Sea raven ·- An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied t...
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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
·- ·see under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix.
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Sea rocket
·- ·see under <<Rocket>>.
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Sea room
·- Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or...
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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.
II. Sea salmon ·- ·see Sea bass (b).
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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
·- Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened ...
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Sea snipe
·- The bellows fish.
II. Sea snipe ·- A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin.
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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.
II. Sea swallow ·- The storm petrel.
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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
·- A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It h...
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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.
II. Sea wolf ·- The wolf fish.
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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
·noun A <<Tern>>.
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Sea-blubber
·noun A <<Jellyfish>>.
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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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Sea-gait
·noun A long, rolling swell of the sea.
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Sea-gate
·noun ·Alt. of Sea-gait.
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Sea-green
·adj Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.
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Sea-island
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Sea-maid
·noun A sea nymph.
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