Sea breach
Sea″ breach′ (?). A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. L'Estrange.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sea bream
Sea″ bream′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea ...
Sea brief
Sea″ brief′ (?). Same as Sea letter.
Sea bug
Sea″ bug′ (?). (Zoöl.) A chiton.
Sea butterfly
Sea″ but″ter‐fly′ (?). (Zoöl.) A pteropod.
Sea cabbage
Sea″ cab″bage (?; 48). (Bot.) See Sea kale, under Kale.
Sea calf
Sea″ calf′ (?). (Zoöl.) The common seal.
Sea canary
Sea″ ca‐na″ry (?). (Zoöl.) The beluga, or white whale.
Sea captain
Sea″ cap″tain (?). The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
Sea card
Sea″ card′ (?). Mariner's card, or compass.
Sea catfish
{ Sea″ cat′fish (?). Sea″ cat′ (?). } (Zoöl.) (a) The wolf fish. (b) Any marine siluroid fish, as Ælurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United State...
Sea chart
Sea″ chart′ (?). A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.
Sea chickweed
Sea″ chick″weed′ (?). (Bot.) A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; — called also sea sandwort, and sea pursl...
Sea clam
Sea″ clam′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridæ, as the common American species. (Mactra, orSpi...
Sea coal
Sea″ coal′ (?). Coal brought by sea; — a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land.Sea-...
Sea cob
Sea″ cob′ (?). (Zoöl.) The black-backed gull.
Sea cock
Sea″ cock′ (?). 1. In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.2. (Zoöl.) (a) The black-bellied plover. (b) A ...
Sea cocoa
Sea″ co″coa (?). (Bot.) A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the India...
Sea colander
Sea″ col″an‐der (?). (Bot.) A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.
Sea colewort
Sea″ cole″wort′ (?). (Bot.) Sea cabbage.
Sea compass
Sea″ com″pass (?). The mariner's compass. See under Compass.
Sea coot
Sea″ coot′ (?). (Zoöl.) A scoter duck.
Sea corn
Sea″ corn′ (?). (Zoöl.) A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsules of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.
Sea cow
Sea″ cow′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The mantee. (b) The dugong. (c) The walrus.
Sea crawfish
{ Sea″ craw″fish′ (?). Sea″ cray″fish′ (?). } (Zoöl.) Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as...
Sea crow
Sea″ crow′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The chough. (b) The cormorant. (c) The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls. (d) The skua. (e) The razorbill. (f) The coot.
Sea cucumber
Sea″ cu″cum‐ber (?). (Zoöl.) Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frond...