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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sēa’man-shĭp, n.p. 1189The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
  2. Sēa'-mārge, n.p. 1189The shore or border of the sea. [Obs.] Shak.
  3. Sēa'-mārk, n.p. 1189Any elevated object on land which serves for a direction to mariners in entering a harbor, or in sailing along or approaching a coast, as a light-house, a mountain, or the like; a beacon; a landmark…
  4. Sēam'-blāst, n.p. 1189A blast made by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks.
  5. Sēamed, a.p. 1189(Falconry.) Out of condition; not in good condition; — said of a hawk.
  6. Sēa'-mēw, n.p. 1189A sea-mew.
  7. Sēa'-mew, n.p. 1189(Ornith.) A gull; the mew.
  8. Sēa'-mīle, n.p. 1189A nautical or geographical mile. See MILE.
  9. Sēam'-lāçe, n.p. 1189A lace used by carriage-makers to cover seams and edges; — called also seaming-lace.
  10. Sēam'less, a.p. 1189Without a seam. “Christ's seamless coat, all of a piece.” Bp. Taylor.
  11. Sēa'-mŏn'ster, n.p. 1189A huge marine animal.
  12. Sēa'-mōss, n.p. 1190Coral. [Obs.] See CORAL.
  13. Sēa'-mouse, n.p. 1190(Zool.) A dorsibranchiate annelid, of the genus Aphrodita, of Linnæus.
  14. Sēam'-prĕss'er, n.p. 1190(Agric.) A heavy roller to press down newly-plowed furrows.
  15. Sēam'-rĕnt, n.p. 1190The rent of a seam; the separation of a suture.
  16. Sēam'-rēnt, a.p. 1190Torn out at the seams; ragged; poor; mean. [Obs.] “That you can consort yourselves with such poor, seam-rent fellows.” B. Jonson.
  17. Sēam'ster, n.p. 1190One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew. [Obs.]
  18. Sēam’stress, n.p. 1190A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needle-woman.
  19. Sēam'stress-y, n.p. 1190The business of a seamstress.
  20. Sēa'-mūle, n.p. 1190A sea-mew or sea-mell.
  21. Sēam'y, a.p. 1190Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. Every thing has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. W. Scott.
  22. Sēan, n.p. 1190A net; a seine. See SEINE.
  23. Sēa'-nā'vel, n.p. 1190(Zoöl.) A kind of small shell-fish.
  24. Sēa'-nā'vel-wort, n.p. 1190(Bot.) A plant of the genus Androsace, growing in Syria, which is said to effect great cures of diseases. Johnson.
  25. Séance, n.p. 1190Session, as of some public body.
  26. Sēa'-nee/dle, n.p. 1190(Ichth.) A fish having a slender body, with long, pointed jaws, and a forked tail (Esox belone of Linnæus, Belone vulgaris of Cuvier); the gar, or garfish; — called also sea-pike.
  27. Sēa'-nĕt'tle, n.p. 1190(Zoöl.) Any medusa which has the property of stinging when touched. Dana.
  28. Sēan'na-chie, n.p. 1190A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes. [Written also senachy.]
  29. Sēa'-nymph, n.p. 1190A nymph or goddess of the sea. Broome.
  30. Sēa'-ōn'ion, n.p. 1190(Bot.) A species of squill growing on the sea-coast; Scilla maritima.
  31. Sēa'-ōōze, n.p. 1190The soft mud on or near the seashore. Mortimer.
  32. Sēa'-ŏrb, n.p. 1190(Ichth.) A marine fish having nearly a round form.
  33. Sēa'-ōt'ter, n.p. 1190(Zoöl.) An aquatic, mammiferous animal of the genus Enhydra (E. marina), found in the northern parts of the Pacific Ocean, the fur of which is highly valued, especially among the Chinese. Baird.
  34. Sēa'-owl, n.p. 1190(Ichth.) The lump-fish. See LUMP-FISH.
  35. Sēa'-pād, n.p. 1190(Zoöl.) The star-fish. Johnson.
  36. Sēa'-pān'ther, n.p. 1190(Ichth.) A fish like a lamprey. [Rare.] Johnson.
  37. Sēa'-pāss, n.p. 1190A document carried by neutral merchant vessels, in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea-letter or passport. See PASSPORT.
  38. Sēa'-pēn, n.p. 1190(Zoöl.) A radiate zoöphyte (Pennatula phosphorea) bearing some resemblance to a quill. C. Kingsley.
  39. Sēa'-pērch, n.p. 1190(Ichth.) A kind of perch found in salt water.
  40. Sēa'-phēas'ant, n.p. 1190(Ornith.) The pin-tail duck (Dafila caudacuta). P. Cuv.
  41. Sēa'-pie, n.p. 1190(Ornith.) A sea-fowl of the genus Hæmatopus (H. ostralegus); — called also oyster-catcher, from its thrusting its beak into oysters, when open, and taking out the animal. [Written also sea-pye.]
  42. Sēa'-Pie, n.p. 1190A dish of food consisting of paste and meat boiled together; — so named because common at sea.
  43. Sēa'-piēce, n.p. 1190A picture representing a scene at sea. Addison.
  44. Sēa'-pīke, n.p. 1190(Ichth.) The garfish or sea-needle. See SEA-NEEDLE.
  45. Sēa'-pin'cush-ion, n.p. 1190See SEA-BARROW.
  46. Sēa'-pĭnk, n.p. 1190(Bot.) A sea-plant (Cerastium repens of Linnæus).
  47. Sēa'-plānt, n.p. 1190A plant that grows in salt water.
  48. Sēa'-pōol, n.p. 1190A pool of salt water. Spencer.
  49. Sēa'-pôr'ēū-pīne, n.p. 1190(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Diodon, whose body is set thickly with spines.
  50. Sēa'-pōrt, n.p. 1190A port on the sea-shore; an ocean harbor.
  51. Sēa'poy, n.p. 1190The same as SEPOY.
  52. Sēa'-pud'ding, n.p. 1190(Zoöl.) A certain species of holothurian; — so called on the north coast of Scotland. C. Kingsley.
  53. Sēa'-pŭrs'lane, n.p. 1190(Bot.) A marine plant of the genus Sesuvium, having succulent branches.
  54. Sēa'-p’ye, n.p. 1190See SEA-PIE.
  55. Sēa'-quāke, n.p. 1190A quaking or concussion of the sea.
  56. Sēar, v. t.p. 1190To wither; to dry up. Shak. 2. To burn to dryness and hardness the surface of; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or hardness of the surface; to scorch; to make…
  57. Séar, a.p. 1190Dry; withered. [Written also sere.] Milton.
  58. Sēar, n.p. 1190The catch in a gun-lock by which it is held cocked or half cocked. Sear-spring, the spring by which the sear catches the cock.
  59. Sēa'-răt, n.p. 1190A pirate. [Obs.] Massinger.
  60. Sēarçe, v. t.p. 1190To separate the fine part of, as meal, from the coarse; to sift; to bolt. [Rare.] Mortimer.