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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Sea, n.

noun

(see), n. [A-S. sæ, sêo, gen. and dat. sêve, O. Sax. & O. H. Ger. sêo, N. H. Ger. see, D. zee, O. Fries. se, Dan. sö, Sw. sjö, Icel. sær, pl. sævar, Goth. sair.]

  1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a collection of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the Black Sea; the North Sea.
  2. An inland body of water; a lake; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Galilee. [Rare.]
  3. The ocean; that part of the globe which is covered with water.

I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Shak.

  1. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a tempest; motion or agitation of the water's surface; wave; billow.
  2. A high wave or billow; a surge; as, a vessel ships a sea.

Sea is often used in the composition of words of very obvious signification; as, sea-air, sea-bathed, sea-bathing, sea-beat, sea-beaten, sea-bird, sea-bound, sea-bounded, sea-bred, sea-chief, sea-circled, sea-cliff, sea-current, sea-deity, sea-encircled, sea-idol, sea-language, sea-life, sea-like, sea-mad, sea-nursed, sea-resembling, sea-service, sea-surrounded, sea-torn, sea-tossed, sea-traveling, sea-voyage, sea-walled, sea-water, sea-worn, and the like. At sea, upon the ocean; away from land. — At full sea, at the height of flood-tide; hence, at the height. “But now God's mercy was at full sea.” Bp. Taylor. — Beyond the sea, or seas (Statutes of Limitation), out of the state, territory, realm, or country. Burrill. — Cross sea, a sea composed of waves moving in different directions; — called also chopping sea. — 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. — On the high seas, in the open sea, the common highway of nations. — Short sea, a sea in which the waves are irregular, broken, and interrupted, so as frequently to break over a vessel's bow, side, or quarter. — To go to sea, to follow the occupation of a sailor.