Seal-brown (a.) Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
Sea legs () Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.
Sea lemon () Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body.
Sea leopard () Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal.
Sealer (n.) One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
Sealer (n.) A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
Sea letter () The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.
Sea lettuce () The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.
Sea level () The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
Sealgh (n.) Alt. of Selch
Selch (n.) A seal.
Sea lily () A crinoid.
Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.
Sea lion () Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.
Sea loach () The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling.
Sea louse () Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.
Seam (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.
Seam (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
Seam (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
Seam (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Seamed (imp. & p. p.) of Seam
Seaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seam
Seam (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
Seam (v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
Seam (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
Seam (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.
Seam (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
Seam (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
Seam (n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
Sea-maid (n.) The mermaid.
Sea-maid (n.) A sea nymph.
Sea-mail (n.) A gull; the mew.
Seamen (pl. ) of Seaman
Seaman (n.) A merman; the male of the mermaid.
Seamen (pl. ) of Seaman
Seaman (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.
Seamanlike (a.) Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.
Seamanship (n.) The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
Sea mantis () A squilla.
Sea marge () Land which borders on the sea; the seashore.
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.
Sea mat () Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
Sea maw () The sea mew.
Seamed (a.) Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.
Sea-mell (n.) The sea mew.
Sea mew () A gull; the mew.
Sea mile () A geographical mile. See Mile.
Sea milkwort () A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.
Seaming (n.) The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
Seaming (n.) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
Seamless (a.) Without a seam.
Sea monk () See Monk seal, under Monk.
Sea monster () Any large sea animal.
Sea moss () Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
Sea mouse () A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides.
Sea mouse () The dunlin.
Seamster (n.) One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.
Seamstress (n.) A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
Seamstressy (n.) The business of a seamstress.
Sea mud () A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.
Seamy (a.) Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.
Sean (n.) A seine. See Seine.
Seance (n.) A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
Sea needle () See Garfish (a).
Sea nettle () A jellyfish, or medusa.
Seannachie (n.) A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.
Sea onion () The officinal squill. See Squill.
Sea ooze () Same as Sea mud.
Sea orange () A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
Sea-orb (n.) A globefish.
Sea otter () An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / 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.
Sea owl () The lumpfish.
Sea pad () The puffin.
Sea partridge () The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.
Sea pass () A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.
Sea peach () A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.
Sea pear () A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
Sea-pen (n.) A pennatula.
Sea perch () The European bass (Roccus, / Labrax, lupus); -- called also sea dace.
Sea perch () The cunner.
Sea perch () The sea bass.
Sea perch () The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
Sea pheasant () The pintail duck.
Sea pie () The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus.
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.
Seapiece (n.) A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.
Sea piet () See 1st Sea pie.
Sea pig () A porpoise or dolphin.
Sea pig () A dugong.
Sea pigeon () The common guillemot.
Sea pike () The garfish.
Sea pike () A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.
Sea pike () The merluce.
Sea pincushion () A sea purse.
Sea pincushion () A pentagonal starfish.
Sea pink () See Thrift.
Sea plover () the black-bellied plover.
Sea poacher () Alt. of Sea poker
Sea poker () The lyrie.