SEA-HOLM
SE'A-HOLM, noun1. A small uninhabited isle.2. Sea-holly.
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SEA-HORSE
SE'A-HORSE, noun [sea and horse.]1. In ichthyoilogy, the morse, a species of Trichechus or walrus.2. The hippopotamus, or river horse.3. A fish of the needle-fish kind, four or ...
SEA-LEGS
SE'A-LEGS, noun [sea and leg.] The ability to walk on a ship' deck when pitching or rolling.
SEA-LEMON
SE'A-LEMON, noun [sea and lemon] A marine animal of the genus Doris, having an oval body, convex, marked with numerous punctures, and of a lemon color.
SEA-LIKE
SE'A-LIKE, adjective [sea and like] Resembling the sea.
SEA-LION
SE'A-LION, noun [sea and lion] An animal of the genus Phoca or seal, which has a mane like a lion, the Phoca jubata.
SEA-MAID
SE'A-MAID, noun [sea and maid]1. The mermaid. [See Mermaid.]2. A sea nymph.
SEA-MALL
SE'A-MALL, noun A fowl, a species of gull or Larus.
SEA-MAN
SE'A-MAN, noun [sea and man]1. A sailor; a mariner; a man whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea.2. By way of distinction, a skillful mariner; also, a m...
SEA-MARK
SE'A-M'ARK, noun [sea and mark.] Any elevated object on land which serves for a direction to mariners in entering a harbor, or in sailing along or approaching a coast; a beacon;...
SEA-MEW
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SEA-MONSTER
SE'A-MONSTER, noun [sea and monster.] A huge marine animal. Lamentations 4:1.
SEA-MOSS
SE'A-MOSS, noun [sea and moss.] A name given to coral. [See Coral.]
SEA-NAVELWORT
SEA-NAVELWORT, noun [sea, navel and wort.] A plant growing in Syria, which is said to effect great cures.
SEA-NEEDLE
SE'A-NEEDLE, noun [sea and needle.] A name of the gar or garfish, of the genus Esox. This fish has a slender body, with long pointed jaws and a forked tail. Its back is of a fin...
SEA-NETTLE
SE'A-NETTLE, noun [sea and nettle.] Another name of the animal flower, sea-anemony.
SEA-NURSED
SE'A-NURSED, adjective [sea and nursed.] Nursed by the sea.
SEA-NYMPH
SE'A-NYMPH, noun [sea and nymph.] A nymph or goddess of the sea.
SEA-ONION
SE'A-ONION, noun [sea and onion.] A plant.
SEA-OOZE
SE'A-OOZE, noun [sea and ooze.] The soft mud on or near the sea shore.
SEA-OTTER
SE'A-OTTER, noun [sea and otter.] A species of otter that has hind feet like those of a seal. It feeds on shell fish.
SEA-OWL
SE'A-OWL, noun [sea and owl.] Another name of the lump-fish.
SEA-PAD
SE'A-PAD, noun The star-fish. [Stella marina.]
SEA-PANTHER
SE'A-PANTHER, noun [sea and panther.] A fish like a lamprey.
SEA-PHEASANT
SE'A-PHEASANT, noun [sea and pheasant.] The pin-tailed duck.
SEA-PIE
SE'A-PIE, noun [sea and pie, pica.] A fowl of the genus Haematopus, and grallic order; called
SEA-PIECE
SE'A-PIECE, noun [sea and piece.] A picture representing a scene at sea.