2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes,
a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
I marvel how the fishes live in the sea.
Shak.
Ambiguous between sea and land
The river horse and scaly crocodile.
Milton. 4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion or agitation of the water's surface; also,
a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; — so called from its size.
He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height
thereof.
2 Chron. iv. 2. 6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. Shak.
All the space . . . was one sea of heads.
Macaulay. Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten,
sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea- worn, and
the like. It is also used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or
seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn.
At sea, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy
of circumstances. "To say the old man was at sea would be too feeble an expression." G. W. Cable —
At full sea at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. "But now God's mercy was at full sea." Jer.
Taylor. — Beyond seas, or Beyond the sea or the seas (Law), out of the state, territory, realm,
or country. Wharton. — Half seas over, half drunk. [Colloq.] Spectator. — Heavy sea, a sea
in which the waves run high. — Long sea, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of
long and extensive waves. — Short sea, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so
as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. — To go to sea, to adopt the calling or occupation of a
sailor.
Sea acorn
(Sea" a"corn) (Zoöl.) An acorn barnacle
Sea adder
(Sea" ad"der) (Zoöl.) (a) The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); —
called also bismore. (b) The European tanglefish, or pipefish
Sea anchor
(Sea" an"chor) (Naut.) See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
Sea anemone
(Sea" a*nem"o*ne) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging
to the order Actinaria; an actinian.
They have the oral disk surrounded by one or more circles of simple tapering tentacles, which are often
very numerous, and when expanded somewhat resemble the petals of flowers, with colors varied and
often very beautiful.
Sea ape
(Sea" ape`) (Zoöl.) (a) The thrasher shark. (b) The sea otter.
Sea apple
(Sea" ap"ple) (Bot.) The fruit of a West Indian palm often found floating in the sea. A. Grisebach.
Sea arrow
(Sea" ar"row) (Zoöl.) A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.
