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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sēa'-shōre, n. p. 1190The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean. 2. (Law.) All the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark. Parsons.Sēa'-sick, a. p. 1190Affected with sickness or nausea, by means of the pitching or rolling of a vessel.Sēa'sick-ness, n. p. 1190The sickness or nausea occasioned by the pitching and rolling of a ship.Sēa'-side, n. p. 1190The land bordering on the sea; the country adjacent to the sea, or near it.Sēa'-slŭg, n. p. 1190The trepang, or sea-cucumber. See SEA-CUCUMBER.Sēa'-snāil, n. p. 1190(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Liparis, found under stones upon the sea-shore. Yarrell.Sēa'-snāke, n. p. 1190(Zoöl.) One of a family of snakes, mostly of small size, which inhabit the sea; especially, a marine snake of the genus Hydrus.Sēa'son, n. p. 1190One of the four divisions of the year, spring, summer, autumn, winter; hence, a period of the year, as marked by its characteristics of temperature, moisture, conditions of nature, and the like. We…Sēa'son, v. t. p. 1191To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. He is fit and seasoned for his passage. Shak. 2. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to mature; as, to season one to…Sēa'son, v. i. p. 1191To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate, as the human body. 2. To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.…Sēa'son-a-ble, a. p. 1191Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain. Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. Ecclus. xxxv. 20.…Sēa'son-a-ble-ness, n. p. 1191The quality or condition of being seasonable; opportuneness.Sēa'son-a-bly, adv. p. 1191In a seasonable manner; in due time; in time convenient; sufficiently early; as, to sow or plant seasonably.Sēa'son-age, n. p. 1191Seasoning; sauce. [Obs.] “The light, which is that that gives a seasonage to all other fruitions.” South.Sēa'son-al, a. p. 1191Of or pertaining to the seasons. Partington.Sēa'son-er, n. p. 1191One who, or that which, seasons, matures, or gives a relish.Sēa'son-ing, n. p. 1191That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish; usually, something pungent or aromatic, as salt, spices, aromatic herbs, acids, sugar, or the like; a condiment. 2. Hence…Sēa'son-less, a. p. 1191Without succession of the seasons.Sēa'-spī'der, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) A crab of the genus Maia (M. squinado), having the body nearly triangular, and the legs rather slender, and sometimes quite long. Dana.Sēa'-stār, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) The star-fish, a marine, radiate animal.Sēa'-sūr'geon, n. p. 1191A surgeon employed on ship-board.Sēa'-swal'low, n. p. 1191(Ornith.) (a.) The common tern; Sterna hirundo. (b.) The storm petrel; Thalassidroma (Procellaria, Linnæus) pelagica. P. Cyc.Sēat, n. p. 1191The place or thing upon which one sits. 2. The place occupied by any thing, or where any thing is situated, resides, or abides; station; post of authority; site; abode. “A seat of plenty, content…Sēat, v. t. p. 1191To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, we seat our guests. The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate. Arbuthnot. 2. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or…Sēat, v. i. p. 1191To rest; to lie down. [Obs.] Spenser.Sēa'-tăng, n. p. 1191A kind of sea-weed; tang; tangle. “To their nest of sedge and sea-tang.” Longfellow.Sēa'-tẽrm, n. p. 1191A word or term used appropriately by seamen, or peculiar to the art of navigation.Sēa'-thief, n. p. 1191A pirate. Bp. of Chichester.Sēat'ing, n. p. 1191The act of making or giving a seat. 2. The material for making seats; as, horse-hair or cane seating.Sēa'-tōad, n. p. 1191A certain ugly fish. Cotgrave.Sēa'-tôr'toise, n. p. 1191A marine tortoise.Sēa'-tûrn, n. p. 1191A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.Sēa'-tûr'tle, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) A marine turtle; a sea-tortoise. 2. (Ornith.) A certain marine bird; the diver.Sēa'-ū'ni-côrn, n. p. 1191(Ichth.) The narwhal. See NARWHAL.Sēa'-ûr'chin, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) A radiate animal of the class of echinoderms, having a firm shell, and covered with spines; the echinus. When stripped of the spines, it is often called sea-egg.Sēave, n. p. 1191A rush. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Sēav'y, a. p. 1191Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.]Sēa'-wall, n. p. 1191A wall to resist encroachments of the sea. “What a sea-wall they are, these hills!” Kingsley.Sēa'-wand, n. p. 1191(Bot.) See SEA-GIRDLES.Sēa'ward, a. p. 1191Directed toward the sea. Donne.Sēa'ward, adv. p. 1191Toward the sea; in the direction of the sea. Drayton.Sēa'-wâre, n. p. 1191That which is thrown upon the shore by the sea, as sea-weed, and the like. 2. (Bot.) See SEA-GIRDLES.Sēa'-weed, n. p. 1191(Bot.) A marine plant of the class of Algæ, as the Fuci, Ulvæ, &c.Sēa'-wife, n. p. 1191A fish of the genus Labrus, allied to the wrasse.Sēa'-wĭl'lōw, n. p. 1191(Zoöl.) A polyp belonging to the genus Gorgonia. Eng. Cyc.Sēa'-with'wind, n. p. 1191(Bot.) A plant; bindweed.Sēa'-wolf, n. p. 1191(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Anarrhicas (A. lupus), found in northern seas, about Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Scotland, England, &c., and so named from its fierceness and ravenousness. It grows…Sēa'-worm'wood, n. p. 1191(Bot.) A species of wormwood growing by the sea; the Artemisia maritima.Sēa'-wor'thi-ness, n. p. 1191The state or quality of being sea-worthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.Sēa'-wor'thy, a. p. 1191Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a sea-worthy ship.Sēa'-wrăck, n. p. 1191(Bot.) See SEA-GRASS.Se-bā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1191Made of tallow or fat; pertaining to fat. 2. (Bot.) Looking like wax, tallow, or grease; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants. Henslow. 3. (Physiol.) Affording fatty secretions; as, sebaceous…Se-băç'ic, a. p. 1191(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from fat; as, sebacic acid.Sē'bate, n. p. 1191(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of sebacic acid and a base. Hooper.Se-bēs'ten, n. p. 1191(Bot.) A tropical tree and its fruit, of the genus Cordia;—called also sebesten plum. [Written also sepis-tan.] P. Cyc.Se-bĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1191(Bot.) Producing vegetable wax. Henslow.Sĕb'un-dee' or Sĕb'un-dy, n. p. 1191An irregular native soldier, employed chiefly on revenue and police service. [India.] Malcom.Se-cā'le, n. p. 1191The ergot of rye. Brande. 2. (Bot.) A genus of plants including rye.Sē′can-cy, n. p. 1191A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another. Math. Dict.Sē'cant, a. p. 1191Cutting; dividing into two parts; as, a secant line. Secant plane, a plane cutting a surface or solid.