Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 35
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. [Sailor's Cant] -- Totten.
Sea lemon () (Zool.) Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus
Sea leopard () (Zool.) Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the
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.
Sealer (n.) A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) [syn: sealant, sealer].
Sealer (n.) An official who affixes a seal to a document.
Sea letter () (Mar. Law.) 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. -- Burrill.
Sea lettuce () (Bot.) The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.
Lettuce (n.) (Bot.) A composite plant of the genus Lactuca ({Lactuca sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is Lactuca Canadensis.
Lettuce (n.) United States currency; dollar bills; greenbacks. [slang]
Hare's lettuce, Lamb's lettuce. See under Hare, and Lamb.
Lettuce opium. See Lactucarium.
Sea lettuce, Certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva.
Compare: Ulva
Ulva (prop. n.) (Bot.) A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
Sea lettuce (n.) Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds [syn: sea lettuce, laver].
Sea level () The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea. Sealgh
Sea level (n.) Level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth.
Sealgh (n.) Alt. of Selch.
Selch (n.) (Zool.) A seal. [Scotch]
Sea lily () (Zool.) A crinoid.
Sea lily (n.) Crinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surface.
Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.
Sealing wax (n.) Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters [syn: sealing wax, seal].
Seal (n.) (Zool.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal ({Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal ({Cystophora cristata), and the ringed seal ({Phoca foetida}), are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, Monk seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant.
Harbor+seal+(Zool.),+The+common+seal+({Phoca+vitulina">Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish.
Sea lion () (Zool.) 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 lion (n.) Any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat.
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 (n. pl. ) of Seaman
Seaman (n.) A merman; the male of the mermaid.
Seamen (n. 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.) 無縫的；無縫合線的 Without a seam.
Christ's seamless coat, all of a piece. -- Jer. Taylor.
Compare: Seam
Seam (n.) [C] 縫；接縫，縫合處，接合口；裂縫；皺紋；傷痕 A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article.
Seam (n.) A line where the edges of two pieces of wood, wallpaper, or another material touch each other.
‘The task involved clamping the panels into position and arc welding a seam to join them.’
Seam (n.) A long thin indentation or scar.
‘The track cleaves a seam through corn.’
Seam (n.) An underground layer of a mineral such as coal or gold.
‘The buried forests became seams of coal.’
Seam (n.) A supply of something valuable.
‘Sunderland have a rich seam of experienced players’
Seam (n.) A trace or presence of something.
‘There is a seam of despondency in Stipe's words.’
Seam (v.) (v. t.) 縫合；接合；使產生皺紋（或傷痕） (v. i.) 產生裂縫 Join with a seam.
‘It can be used for seaming garments.’
More example sentences
Seam (v.) (Usually as adjective S eamed) Make a long, narrow indentation in.
‘Men in middle age have seamed faces.’
Phrases: Bursting (or bulging) at the seams (Informal) (Of a place or building) Full to overflowing.
‘Because the hotel was bursting at the seams everyone had to double up.’
Phrases: Come (or fall) apart at the seams (Informal) (Of a person or system) Be in a very poor condition and near to collapse.
‘The attitude of the airport guard was symptomatic of a system falling apart at the seams.’
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.