Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 36
Sea pool () A pool of salt water. -- Spenser.
Sea poppy, () (Bot.) The horn poppy. See under Horn.
Sea poppy (n.) Yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along
sandy shores in eastern North America [syn: horn poppy,
horned poppy, yellow horned poppy, sea poppy,
Glaucium flavum].
Sea porcupine, () (Zool.) Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.
Sea pork, () (Zool.) An American compound ascidian ({Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.
Seaport (n.) A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.
Seaport (n.) A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo [syn: seaport, haven, harbor, harbour].
Seapoy (n.) See Sepoy.
Sea pudding, () (Zool.) Any large holothurian. [Prov. Eng.]
Sea purse, () (Zool.) The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.
Sea purse (n.) The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore [syn: undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose].
Sea chickweed, () (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
Sea purslane () (Bot.) See under Purslane.
Compare: Purslane
Purslane (n.) (Bot.) An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
Flowering purslane, or Great flowered purslane, The Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.
Purslane tree, A South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra"> Purslane tree, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.
Sea purslane, A seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides"> Sea purslane, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
Water purslane, An aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris"> Water purslane, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris) but slightly resembling purslane.
Sea pye () (Zool.) See 1st Sea pie.
Sea pyot () (Zool.) See 1st Sea pie.
Sea quail () (Zool.) The turnstone.
Compare: Quail
Quail (n.) (Zool.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail ({Coturnix communis), the rain quail ({Coturnix Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail ({Coturnix pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail ({Synoicus australis).
Quail (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail ({Calipepla Californica).
Quail (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail ({Turnix varius). See Turnix.
Quail (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Bustard quail (Zool.), A small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as Turnix taigoor, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail ({Turnix ocellatus).
See Turnix.
Button quail (Zool.), One of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as Turnix Sykesii, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India.
Mountain quail. See under Mountain.
Quail call, () A call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range.
Quail dove (Zool.), Any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera.
Quail hawk (Zool.), The New Zealand sparrow hawk ({Hieracidea Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]).
Quail pipe. See Quail call, above.
Quail snipe (Zool.), The dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin snipe, and brown snipe.
Sea quail (Zool.), The turnstone. [Local, U. S.]
Compare: Turnstone
Turnstone (n.) (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.
Black turnstone, () The California turnstone ({Arenaria melanocephala). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots.
Seaquake (n.) A quaking of the sea. Sear
Seaquake (n.) An earthquake at the sea bed [syn: seaquake, submarine earthquake].
Sear (a.) Alt. of Sere.
Sere (a.) Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. -- Milton.
I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. -- Shak.
Sear (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
Sear spring, The spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.
Sere (a.) Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
Seared (imp. & p. p.) of Sear.
Searing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sear.
Sear (v. t.) To wither; to dry up. -- Shak.
Sear (v. t.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
I'm seared with burning steel. -- Rowe.
It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. -- Macaulay.
The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. -- H. Spencer.
Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness.
To sear up, To close by searing. "Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill." -- Sir W. Temple.
Sear (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
Sear spring, () The spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.
Sear (a.) (Used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered].
Sear (v.) Make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" [syn: sear, scorch].
Sear (v.) Become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe].
Sear (v.) Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch].
Sear (v.) Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" [syn: parch, sear].
Sea rat, () A pirate. [R.] -- Massinger.
Sea rat,() (Zool.) The chimaera.
Sea raven, () (Zool.) An American cottoid fish ({Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts.
Sea raven, () (Zool.) The cormorant.
Compare: Raven
Raven (n.) (Zool.) A large black passerine bird ({Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.
Sea raven (Zool.), The cormorant.
Sea raven (n.) Large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught [syn: sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus].
Searce (n.) A fine sieve. [Obs.]
Searce (v. t.) To sift; to bolt. [Obs.] -- Mortimer.
Searcer (n.) One who sifts or bolts. [Obs.]
Searcer (n.) A searce, or sieve. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Searched (imp. & p. p.) of Search.
Searching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Search.
Search (v. t.) To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. "Search the Scriptures." -- John v. 39.
They are come to search the house. -- Shak.
Search me, O God, and know my heart. -- Ps. cxxxix. 23.
Search (v. t.) To inquire after; to look for; to seek.
I will both search my sheep, and seek them out. -- Ezek. xxxiv. 11.
Enough is left besides to search and know. -- Milton.
Search (v. t.) To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
Search (v. t.) To examine; to try; to put to the test.
To search out, To seek till found; to find by seeking; as, to search out truth.
Syn: To explore; examine; scrutinize; seek; investigate; pry into; inquire.
Search (v. i.) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
Once more search with me. -- Shak.
It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. -- Locke.
Search (n.) The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
Thus the orb he roamed With narrow search, and with inspection deep Considered every creature. -- Milton.
Nor did my search of liberty begin Till my black hairs were changed upon my chin. -- Dryden.
Right of search (Mar. Law), The right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war.
Search warrant (Law), A warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.
Syn: Scrutiny; examination; exploration; investigation; research; inquiry; quest; pursuit.
Search (n.) The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: search, hunt, hunting].
Search (n.) An investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search".
Search (n.) An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup" [syn: search, lookup].
Search (n.) The examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful".
Search (n.) Boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search".
Search (v.) Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" [syn: search, seek, look for].
Search (v.) Search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" [syn: search, look].
Search (v.) Inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness" [syn: research, search, explore].
Search (v.) Subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys".
Search, () Web search.
Search, () Search problem.
Search, () Search algorithm.
SEARCH, RIGHT OF, () mar. law. The right existing in a belligerent to examine and inspect the papers of a neutral vessel at sea. On the continent of Europe, this is called the right of visit. Dalloz, Dict. mots Prises Maritimes, n. 104-111.
SEARCH, RIGHT OF, () The right does not extend to examine the cargo; nor does it extend to a ship of war, it being strictly confined to the searching of merchant vessels. The exercise of the right is to prevent the commerce of contraband goods. Although frequently resisted by powerful neutral nations, yet this right appears now to be fixed beyond contravention. The penalty for violently resisting this right is the confiscation of the property so withheld from visitation. Unless in extreme cases of gross abuse of his right by a belligerent, the neutral has no right to resist a search. 1 Kent, Com. 154; 2 Bro. Civ. and Adm. Law, 319; Mann. Comm. B. 3, c. 11.
SEARCH, () crim. law. An examination of a man's house, premises or person, for the purpose of discovering proof of his guilt in relation to some crime or misdemeanor of which be is accused.
SEARCH, () The constitution of the United. States, amendments, art. 4, protects the people from unreasonable searches and seizures. 3 Story, Const. Sec. 1895; Rawle, Const. ch. 10, p. 127; 10 John. R. 263; 11 John. R. 500; 3 Cranch, 447.
SEARCH, () By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 68, 1 Story's L. U. S. 632, it is enacted, that every collector, naval officer, and surveyor, or other person specially appointed, by either of them, for that purpose, shall have fall power and authority to enter any ship or vessel, in which they shall have reason to suspect any goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to duty, are concealed, and therein to search for, seize, and secure any such goods, wares, or merchandise; and if they shall have cause to suspect a concealment thereof in any particular dwelling house, store, building, or other place they or either of them shall; upon proper application, on oath, to any justice of the peace, be entitled to a warrant to enter such house, store, or other place, (in the day time only, and there to search for such goods; and if any shall be found, to seize and secure the same for trial; and all such goods, wares, and merchandise, on which the duties shall not have been paid, or secured to be paid, shall be forfeited.
SEARCH, () practice. An examination made in the proper lien office for mortgages, liens, judgments, or other encumbrances, against real estate. The certificate given by the officer as to the result of such examination is also called a search.
SEARCH, () Conveyancers and others who cause searches to be made ought to be very careful that they should be correct, with regard, 1. To the time during which the person against whom the search has been made owned the premises.
SEARCH, () To the property searched against, which ought to be properly described.
SEARCH, () To the form of the certificate of search.
Searchable (a.) Capable of being searched.
Searchableness (n.) Quality of being searchable.
Searcher (n.) One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically:
Searcher (n.) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. -- Graunt.
Searcher (n.) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
Searcher (n.) An inspector of leather. [Prov. Eng.]
Searcher (n.) (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
Searcher (n.) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.
Searcher (n.) (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
Searcher (n.) Someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth" [syn: seeker, searcher, quester].
Searcher (n.) A customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
Searcher (n.) Large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America [syn: searcher, searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator].
SEARCHER, () Eng. law. An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to examine and search all ships outward bound, to ascertain whether they have any prohibited or uncustomed goods on board.
Searching (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. "Piercing, searching, biting, cold." -- Dickens. -- Search"ing*ly, adv. -- Search"ing*ness, n.
Searching (a.) Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings" [syn: inquisitory, probing, searching].
Searching (a.) Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" [syn: searching, trenchant].
Searching (a.) Exploring thoroughly.
Searchless (a.) Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.
Searcloth (n.) Cerecloth. -- Mortimer.
Searcloth (v. t.) To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth.
Seared (a.) Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. -- Macaulay.
Seared (a.) Having the surface burned quickly with intense heat; "the seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising".
Searedness (n.) The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. -- Bp. Hall.
Sea reed () (Bot.) The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.
Sea risk () Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.
Sea robber () A pirate; a sea rover.
Sea robber (n.) Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover].
Sea robin () See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix.
Compare: Robin
Robin (n.) (Zool.) (a) A small European singing bird ({Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.
Robin (n.) (Zool.) (b) An American singing bird ({Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
Robin (n.) (Zool.) (c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin ({Petroica mullticolor).
Robin (n.) (Zool.) (d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins.
See Indian robin, below.
Beach robin (Zool.), the robin snipe, or knot. See Knot.
Blue-throated robin. (Zool.) See Bluethroat.
Canada robin (Zool.), The cedar bird.
Golden robin (Zool.), The Baltimore oriole.
Ground robin (Zool.), The chewink.
Indian robin (Zool.), Any one of several species of Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera Thamnobia and Pratincola.
They are mostly black, usually with some white on the wings.
Magrie robin (Zool.), An Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus saularis), having the back, head, neck, and breast black glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white.
Ragged robin. (Bot.) See under Ragged.
Robin accentor (Zool.), A small Asiatic singing bird ({Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the European robin.
Robin redbreast. (Zool.) (a) The European robin.
Robin redbreast. (Zool.) (b) The American robin.
Robin redbreast. (Zool.) (c) The American bluebird.
Robin snipe. (Zool.) (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.
Robin snipe. (Zool.) (b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.
Robin's plantain. (Bot.) See under Plantain.
Sea robin. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the genus Prionotus. They are excellent food fishes. Called also wingfish. The name is also applied to a European gurnard.
Sea robin. (Zool.) (b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.]
Water robin (Zool.), A redstart ({Ruticulla fuliginosa"> Water robin (Zool.), a redstart ({Ruticulla fuliginosa), native of India.
Sea robin (n.) American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries [syn: sea robin, searobin].
Sea rocket () (Bot.) See under Rocket.
Compare: Rocket
Rocket (n.) (Bot.) (a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
Rocket (n.) (Bot.) (b) Damewort.
Rocket (n.) (Bot.) (c) Rocket larkspur. See below.
Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.
Rocket larkspur (Bot.), An annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis).
Sea rocket (Bot.), Either of two fleshy cruciferous plants ({Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the seashore of Europe and America.
Yellow rocket (Bot.), A common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris).
Sea room () (Naut.) Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. --Totten.
Sea room (n.) Space for maneuver at sea.
Sea rover () One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
Sea rover (n.) Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover].
Sea-roving (a.) Cruising at random on the ocean.
Compare: Salmon
Salmon (n.; pl. Salmons) (Zool.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon ({Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.
Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are:
Black salmon, or Lake salmon, The namaycush.
Dog salmon, A salmon of Western North America ({Oncorhynchus keta).
Humpbacked salmon, A Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha).
King salmon, The quinnat.
Landlocked salmon, () A variety of the common salmon (var. Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea.
This last is called also dwarf salmon.
Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock, called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail.
Landlocked salmon, () A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.
Salmon berry (Bot.), A large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus.
Salmon killer (Zool.), A stickleback ({Gasterosteus cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia.
Salmon ladder, Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under Fish.
Salmon peel, A young salmon.
Salmon pipe, A certain device for catching salmon. -- Crabb.
Salmon trout. (Zool.) (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales.
Salmon trout. (Zool.) (b) The American namaycush.
Salmon trout. (Zool.) (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.
Compare: Sea bass
Sea bass (Zool.) (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus atrarius syn. Centropristis atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.
Sea bass (Zool.) (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
Sea salmon () (Zool.) A young pollock.
Sea salmon () (Zool.) The spotted squeteague.
Sea salmon () (Zool.) See Sea bass (b).
Compare: Squeteague
Squeteague (n.) (Zool.) An American sciaenoid fish ({Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
Sea salt () Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.
Sea sandpiper () (Zool.) The purple sandpiper.
Compare: Sea chickweed
Sea chickweed (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
Sea sandwort () (Bot.) See Sea chickweed.
Sea saurian (n.) (Zool.) Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.
Seascape (n.) A picture representing a scene at sea. Compare landscape. -- Thackeray.
Seascape (n.) A view of the sea.
Seascape (n.) A painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) [syn: seascape, waterscape].
Sea scorpion () (Zool.) A European sculpin ({Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.
Sea scorpion () (Zool.) The scorpene.
Sea scorpion (n.) Marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines [syn: scorpionfish, scorpion fish, sea scorpion].
Sea scurf () (Zool.) Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.
Sea serpent () (Zool.) Any marine snake. See Sea snake.
Sea serpent () (Zool.) A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured.
Note: Many accounts of sea serpents are imaginary or fictitious; others are greatly exaggerated and distorted by incompetent observers; but a number have been given by competent and trustworthy persons, which indicate that several diverse animals have been called sea serpents. Among these are, apparently, several large snakelike fishes, as the oar fish, or ribbon fish ({Regalecus), and huge conger eels. Other accounts probably refer to the giant squids ({Architeuthis).
Some of the best accounts seem to describe a marine saurian, like the fossil Mosasauri, which were large serpentlike creatures with paddles.
Sea serpent (n.) Huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon.
Seashell (n.) (Zool.) The shell of any marine mollusk.
Seashell (n.) The shell of a marine organism.
Seashore (n.) The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.
Seashore (n.) (Law) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.
Seashore (n.) The shore of a sea or ocean [syn: seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast].
Seasick (a.) Affected with seasickness.
Seasick (a.) Experiencing motion sickness [syn: airsick, air sick, carsick, seasick].
Seasickness (n.) The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.
Seasickness (n.) Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water [syn: seasickness, mal de mer, naupathia].
Seaside (n.) The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.
Seaside (n.) The shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort [syn: seaside, seaboard].
Seaside, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 31696
Housing Units (2000): 11005
Land area (2000): 8.825689 sq. miles (22.858429 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.131820 sq. miles (0.341413 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.957509 sq. miles (23.199842 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70742
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 36.615810 N, 121.833957 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Seaside, CA
Seaside
Seaside, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 5900
Housing Units (2000): 4078
Land area (2000): 3.857824 sq. miles (9.991717 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.156029 sq. miles (0.404114 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.013853 sq. miles (10.395831 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65950
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.992850 N, 123.922108 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Seaside
Sea slater () (Zool.) Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.
Sea slater (n.) Marine isopod crustacean [syn: sea louse, sea slater].
Sea slug () (Zool.) A holothurian.
Sea slug () (Zool.) A nudibranch mollusk.
Slug (n.) A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. -- Shak.
Slug (n.) A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Slug (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails.
Slug (n.) (Zool.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
Slug (n.) A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover. -- Pepys.
Slug (n.) [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.
Slug (n.) (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
Sea slug. (Zool.) (a) Any nudibranch mollusk.
Sea slug. (Zool.) (b) A holothurian.
Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.
Trepang (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also b[^e]che de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. [Written also tripang.]
Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
Sea slug (n.) Any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body [syn: sea slug, nudibranch].
Sea snail () (Zool.) A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds.
Sea snail () (Zool.) Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.
Sea snail (n.) Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish [syn: snailfish, seasnail, sea snail, Liparis liparis].
Sea snake () (Zool.) Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad.
Sea snake (n.) Any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom.
Sea snipe () (Zool.) A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin.
Sea snipe () (Zool.) The bellows fish.
Snipe (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis) and the great, or double, snipe ({Gallinago major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({Gallinago delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known American species.
Snipe (n.) A fool; a blockhead. [R.] -- Shak.
Half snipe, The dunlin; the jacksnipe.
Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe.
Quail snipe. See under Quail.
Robin snipe, The knot.
Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary.
Shore snipe, Any sandpiper.
Snipe hawk, The marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Stone snipe, The tattler.
Summer snipe, The dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers.
Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock.
Woodcock snipe, The great snipe.
Season (n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.
The several seasons of the year in their beauty. -- Addison.
Season (n.) Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.
The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs. -- Milton.
Season (n.) A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. -- Acts xiii. 11.
Season (n.) That which gives relish; seasoning. [Obs.]
You lack the season of all natures, sleep. -- Shak.
In season, In good time, or sufficiently early for the purpose.
Out of season, Beyond or out of the proper time or the usual or appointed time.
Seasoned (imp. & p. p.) of Season.
Seasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Season.
Season (v. t.) To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
He is fit and seasoned for his passage. -- Shak.
Season (v. t.) To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
Season (v. t.) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
Season (v. t.) To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
Season (v. t.) Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
You season still with sports your serious hours. -- Dryden.
The proper use of wit is to season conversation. -- Tillotson.
Season (v. t.) To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice." -- Shak.
Season (v. t.) To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth." -- Fuller.
Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. -- Jer. Taylor.
Season (v. t.) To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] -- Holland.
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