SEA-PLANT
SE'A-PLANT, noun [sea and plant.] A plant that grows in salt water, as the fucus, conferva etc.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SE'A-PLANT, noun [sea and plant.] A plant that grows in salt water, as the fucus, conferva etc.
SE'A-POOL, noun [sea and pool.] A lake of salt water.
SE'A-PYE, also the oyster-catcher, from its thrusting its beak into oysters when open, and taking out the animal.SE'A-PIE, noun [sea and pie.] A dish of food consisting of paste...
SEA-RESEM'BLING, adjective Like the sea; sea-like.
SE'A-RISK, noun [sea and risk.] Hazard or risk at sea; danger of injury or destruction by the sea.
SE'A-ROBBER, noun [sea and robber.] A pirate; one that robs on the high seas.
SE'A-ROCKET, noun A plant of the genus Bunias.
SE'A-ROOM, noun.[sea and room.] Ample space or distance from land, shoals or rocks, sufficient for a ship to drive or scud without danger of shipwreck.
SE'A-ROVER, noun [sea and rover.]1. A pirate; one that cruizes for plunder.2. A ship or vessel that is employed in cruizing for plunder.
SE'A-RUFF, noun A kind of sea fish. [L. orphus.]
SEA-SCOR'PION, noun [sea and scorpion.] Another name for a fatherlasher.
SE'A-SERPENT, noun [sea and serpent.] A huge animal like a serpent inhabiting the sea.
SE'A-SERVICE, noun [sea and service.] Naval service; service in the navy or in ships of war.
SE'A-SH'ARK, noun [sea and shark.] A ravenous sea fish.
SE'A-SHELL, noun [sea ansd shell.] A marine shell; a shell that grows in the sea.
SEA-SHO'RE, noun [sea and shore.] The coast of the sea; the land that lied adjacent to the sea or ocean.
SE'A-SICK, adjective [sea and sick.] Affected with sickness or nausea by means of the pitching or rolling of a vessel.
SE'A-SICKNESS, noun The sickness or nausea occasioned by the pitching and rolling of a ship in an agitated sea.
SE'A-SIDE, noun [sea and side.] The land bordering on the sea; the country adjacent to the sea, or near it.
SE'A-ST'AR, noun [sea and star.] The starfish, a genus of marine animals, called technically Asterias.
SEA-SUR'GEON, noun [sea and surgeon.] A surgeon employed on shipboard.
SEA-SURROUND'ED, adjective [sea and surround.] Encompassed by the sea.
SE'A-TERM, noun [sea and term.] A word or term used appropriately by seamen, or peculiar to the art of navigation.
SE'A-THIEF, noun [sea and thief.] A pirate.
SE'A-TOAD, noun [sea and toad.] An ugly fish, so called.
SE'A-TORN, adjective [sea and torn.] Torn by or at sea.
SE'A-TOSSED, adjective [sea and tossed.] Tossed by sea.