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Sea marge (?). Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. Shak.
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You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life. J. Burroughs.
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Seamark (?), n. Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.
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Sea mat (?). (Zoöl.) Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
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Sea maw (?). (Zoöl.) The sea mew.
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Seamed (?), a. (Falconry) Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.
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Sea-mell (?), n. (Zoöl.) The sea mew.
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Sea mew (?). (Zoöl.) A gull; the mew.
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Sea mile (?). A geographical mile. See .
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Sea milkwort (?). (Bot.) A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.
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Seaming (?), n. 1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
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2. (Fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
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Coloq. Seaming machine , a machine for uniting the edges of sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them together.
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Seamless, a. Without a seam.
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Christ's seamless coat, all of a piece. Jer. Taylor.
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Sea monk (?). (Zoöl.) See , under .
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Sea monster (?). (Zoöl.) Any large sea animal.
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Sea moss (?; 115). (Zoöl.) Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
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Sea mouse (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setæ on the sides. (b) The dunlin.
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Seamster (?), n. [See .] One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew. [Obs.]
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Seamstress (?; 277), n. [From older seamster, properly fem., AS. seámestre. See .] A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
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Seamstressy (?), n. The business of a seamstress.
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Sea mud (?). A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.
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Seamy (?), a. Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. “Many a seamy scar.” Burns.
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Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. Sir W. Scott.
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Sean (?), n. A seine. See . [Prov. Eng.]
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Séance (?), n. [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p. pr. of sedere to sit. See .] A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communications, so called.
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Sea needle (?). (Zoöl.) See (a).
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Sea nettle (?). A jellyfish, or medusa.
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Seannachie (?), n. [Gael. seanachaidh.] A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist. [Written also sennachy.] [Scot.]
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Sea onion (?). (Bot.) The officinal squill. See .
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Sea ooze (?). Same as Sea mud. Mortimer.
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Sea orange (?). (Zoöl.) A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
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Sea-orb (?), n. (Zoöl.) A globefish.
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Sea otter (?). (Zoöl.) An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris syn. Enhydris marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.
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Coloq. Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See .
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Sea owl (sē oul). (Zoöl.) The lumpfish.
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Sea pad (sē păd). (Zoöl.) A starfish.

Sea parrot (sē părrŭt). (Zoöl.) The puffin.
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Sea partridge (?). (Zoöl.) The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.
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Sea pass (?). A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See .
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Sea peach (?). (Zoöl.) A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia pyriformis syn. Halocynthia pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.
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Sea pear (sē pâr). (Zoöl.) A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
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Sea-pen (?), n. (Zoöl.) A pennatula.
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Sea perch (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The European bass (Roccus lupus syn. Labrax lupus); -- called also sea dace. (b) The cunner. (c) The sea bass. (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
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Sea pheasant (?). (Zoöl.) The pintail duck.
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Sea pie (sē pī). (Zoöl.) The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Hæmatopus.
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Sea pie. A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.
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Seapiece (?), n. A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture. Addison.
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Sea piet (?). (Zoöl.) See 1st .
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Sea pig (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A porpoise or dolphin. (b) A dugong.
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Sea pigeon (?). The common guillemot.
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Sea pike (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The garfish. (b) A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo. (c) The merluce.
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Sea pincushion (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A sea purse. (b) A pentagonal starfish.
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Sea pink (?). (Bot.) See .
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Sea plover (?). The black-bellied plover.
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{ Sea poacher (sē pōchẽr). Sea poker (sē pōkẽr). } (Zoöl.) The lyrie.
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Sea pool (?). A pool of salt water. Spenser.
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Sea poppy (?). (Bot.) The horn poppy. See under .
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Sea porcupine (?). (Zoöl.) Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under .
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Sea pork (?). (Zoöl.) An American compound ascidian (Amorœcium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.
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Seaport (sēpōrt), n. A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.
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Seapoy (sēpoy), n. See .
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Sea pudding (?). (Zoöl.) Any large holothurian. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sea purse (sē pûrs). (Zoöl.) The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.
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Sea purslane (?). (Bot.) See under .
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Sea pye (?). (Zoöl.) See 1st .
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Sea pyot (?). (Zoöl.) See 1st .
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Sea quail (?). (Zoöl.) The turnstone.
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Seaquake (sēkwāk), n. A quaking of the sea.
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{ Sear, Sere (sēr), } a. [OE. seer, AS. seár (assumed) fr. seárian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sorēn to wither, Gr. ayein to parch, to dry, Skr. çush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. √152. Cf. , , a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. Milton.
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I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. Shak.
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Sear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Searing.] [OE. seeren, AS. seárian. See , a.] 1. To wither; to dry up. Shak.
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2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
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I'm seared with burning steel. Rowe.
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It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. Macaulay.
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The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. H. Spencer.
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☞ Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness.
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Coloq. To sear up , to close by searing. “Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill.” Sir W. Temple.
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Sear, n. [F. serre a grasp, pressing, fr. L. sera. See .] The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
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Coloq. Sear spring , the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.
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Sea rat (?). 1. A pirate. [R.] Massinger.
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2. (Zoöl.) The chimæra.
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Sea raven (?). (Zoöl.) (a) An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northern Atlantic coasts. (b) The cormorant.
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Searce (?), n. [See .] A fine sieve. [Obs.]
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Searce, v. t. To sift; to bolt. [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Searcer (?), n. 1. One who sifts or bolts. [Obs.]
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2. A searce, or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.
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Search (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Searched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Searching.] [OE. serchen, cerchen, OF. cerchier, F. chercher, L. circare to go about, fr. L. circum, circa, around. See .] 1. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. “Search the Scriptures.” John v. 39.
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They are come to search the house. Shak.
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Search me, O God, and know my heart. Ps. cxxxix. 23.
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2. To inquire after; to look for; to seek.
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I will both search my sheep, and seek them out. Ezek. xxxiv. 11.
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Enough is left besides to search and know. Milton.
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3. To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
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4. To examine; to try; to put to the test.
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Coloq. To search out , to seek till found; to find by seeking; as, to search out truth.
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Syn. -- To explore; examine; scrutinize; seek; investigate; pry into; inquire.
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Search, v. i. To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
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Once more search with me. Shak.
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It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. Locke.
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Search, n. [Cf. OF. cerche. See , v. t.] The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
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Thus the orb he roamed
With narrow search, and with inspection deep
Considered every creature. Milton.
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Nor did my search of liberty begin
Till my black hairs were changed upon my chin. Dryden.
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Coloq. Right of search (Mar. Law), the right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war. -- Coloq. Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.
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Syn. -- Scrutiny; examination; exploration; investigation; research; inquiry; quest; pursuit.
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Searchable (?), a. Capable of being searched.
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Searchableness, n. Quality of being searchable.
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Searcher (?), n. [Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.] One who, or that which, searches or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: (a) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. (b) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc. (c) An inspector of leather. [Prov. Eng.] (d) (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities. (e) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier. (j) (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
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Searching, a. Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. “Piercing, searching, biting, cold.” Dickens.
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-- Searchingly, adv. -- Searchingness, n.
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Searchless, a. Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.
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Searchlight (?), n. (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
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Searcloth (?; 115), n. Cerecloth. Mortimer.
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Searcloth, v. t. To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth.
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Seared (?), a. Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
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A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. Macaulay.
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Searedness (?), n. The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. Bp. Hall.
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Sea reed (?). (Bot.) The sea-sand reed. See under .
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Sea risk (?). Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.
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Sea robber (?). A pirate; a sea rover.
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Sea robin (?). See under , and Illustration in Appendix.
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Sea rocket (?).(Bot.) See under .
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Sea room (?). (Naut.) Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. Totten.
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Sea rover (?). One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
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Sea-roving, a. Cruising at random on the ocean.
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Sea salmon (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A young pollock. (b) The spotted squeteague. (c) See (b).
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Sea salt (?). Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.
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Sea sandpiper (?). (Zoöl.) The purple sandpiper.
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Sea sandwort (?). (Bot.) See .
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Sea saurian (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.), the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.
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Seascape (?), n. [Cf. .] A picture representing a scene at sea. Compare . Thackeray.
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