Sea port
Sea″ port′ (sē″pōrt′), n. A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sea pudding
Sea″ pud″ding (?). (Zoöl.) Any large holothurian.
Sea purse
Sea″ purse′ (sē″ pûrs′). (Zoöl.) The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.
Sea purslane
Sea″ purs″lane (?). (Bot.) See under Purslane.
Sea pye
Sea″ pye′ (?). (Zoöl.) See 1st Sea pie.
Sea pyot
Sea″ py″ot (?). (Zoöl.) See 1st Sea pie.
Sea quail
Sea″ quail′ (?). (Zoöl.) The turnstone.
Sea rat
Sea″ rat′ (?). 1. A pirate. Massinger.2. (Zoöl.) The chimæra.
Sea raven
Sea″ ra″ven (?). (Zoöl.) (a) An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northern Atlantic coasts. (b) The cormorant.
Sea reed
Sea″ reed′ (?). (Bot.) The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.
Sea risk
Sea″ risk (?). Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.
Sea robber
Sea″ rob″ber (?). A pirate; a sea rover.
Sea robin
Sea″ rob″in (?). See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix.
Sea rocket
Sea″ rock″et (?).(Bot.) See under Rocket.
Sea room
Sea″ room′ (?). (Naut.) Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. Totten.
Sea rover
Sea″ rov″er (?). One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
Sea salmon
Sea″ salm″on (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A young pollock. (b) The spotted squeteague. (c) See Sea bass (b).
Sea salt
Sea″ salt′ (?). Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.
Sea sandpiper
Sea″ sand″pi′per (?). (Zoöl.) The purple sandpiper.
Sea sandwort
Sea″ sand″wort′ (?). (Bot.) See Sea chickweed.
Sea saurian
Sea″ sau″ri‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.), the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.
Sea scorpion
Sea″ scor″pi‐on (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines. (b) The scorpene.
Sea scurf
Sea″ scurf′ (?). (Zoöl.) Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.
Sea serpent
Sea″ ser″pent (?). 1. (Zoöl.) Any marine snake. See Sea snake.2. (Zoöl.) A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured...
Sea slater
Sea″ slat″er (?). (Zoöl.) Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.
Sea slug
Sea″ slug′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A holothurian. (b) A nudibranch mollusk.
Sea snail
Sea″ snail′ (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds. (b) Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the spec...