Webster's Dictionary 1913

2215

Sea girdles

Sea″ gir″dles (?). (Bot.) A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; — called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle.

2216

Sea god

Sea″ god′ (?). A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.

2217

Sea goddess

Sea″ god″dess (?). A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea.

2218

Sea goose

Sea″ goose′ (?). (Zoöl.) A phalarope.

2219

Sea gown

Sea″ gown′ (?). A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners. Shak.

2220

Sea grape

Sea″ grape′ (?). 1. (Bot.) (a) The gulf weed. See under Gulf. (b) A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the gr...

2221

Sea grass

Sea″ grass′ (?). (Bot.) Eelgrass.

2222

Sea green

Sea″ green′ (?). The green color of sea water.

2223

Sea gudgeon

Sea″ gud″geon (?). (Zoöl.) The European black goby (Gobius niger).

2224

Sea gull

Sea″ gull′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any gull living on the seacoast.

2225

Sea hare

Sea″ hare′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia.

2226

Sea hawk

Sea″ hawk′ (?). (Zoöl.) A jager gull.

2227

Sea heath

Sea″ heath′ (?). (Bot.) A low perennial plant (Frankenia lævis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.

2228

Sea hedgehog

Sea″ hedge″hog′ (?). (Zoöl.) A sea urchin.

2229

Sea hen

Sea″ hen′ (?). (Zoöl.) The common guillemot; — applied also to various other sea birds.

2230

Sea hog

Sea″ hog′ (?). (Zoöl.) The porpoise.

2231

Sea holly

Sea″ hol″ly (?). (Bot.) An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

2232

Sea holm

Sea″ holm′ (?). A small uninhabited island.

2233

Sea holm (2)

Sea″ holm′. (Bot.) Sea holly.

2234

Sea horse

Sea″ horse′ (?). 1. A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in herald...

2235

Sea hulver

Sea″ hul″ver (?). (Bot.) Sea holly.

2236

Sea jelly

Sea″ jel″ly (?). (Zoöl.) A medusa, or jellyfish.

2237

Sea kale

Sea″ kale″ (?). (Bot.) See under Kale.

2238

Sea king

Sea″ king′ (?). One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Vik...

2239

Sea laces

Sea″ la″ces (?). (Bot.) A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.

2240

Sea lamprey

Sea″ lam″prey (?). (Zoöl.) The common lamprey.

2241

Sea language

Sea″ lan″guage (?). The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.