sea-bream 
tus The Spanish sea-bream is P. bogaraveo. The black 
selbreani ft Cantharus lineatv*. The becker, P. erythn- 
nut is known as Icing of the sea-breams. 
2 A fish of thr family liramidir, Brama or Lt 
Sea-bream (Br 
podus rayi, distantly related to the mackerels 
and dolphins. 
sea-breeze (se'brez), . A breeze blowing from 
the sea toward the land; specifically, m meteor., 
a diurnal breeze felt near the sea-coast, setting 
in from the sea about 10 A. M., reaching its 
greatest strength from 2 to 3 P. M., and dying 
awav about sunset. The sea breeze and the corre- 
sponding land-breeze together constitute a loca to-and- 
fro circulation due to the heating of '" i"rt above the 
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common maps, for it appears to me that there was an- 
other bay to the north A this; the whole, according to 
the sea cards, being the bay of ^ontessa 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. u. 148. 
sea-carnation (se'kar-na'shon), . A kind of 
sea-anemone : a sea-pink. 
sea-cat (se'kat), H. A name of various animals. 
fa) The sea-bear or fur-seal. (6) The chimera Chimxra 
mmutrosa, a fish, (c) The wolf -fish, Anarrhtchat *W%-*" 
cut under Anarrhichas. (d) The greater weever, Trachi- 
ina dram a fish, (e) A squid or cuttlefish : translating mi 
"Jd Dutch namVte ( )of Rumphius. (/) Any sea-cattish. 
sea-caterpillar (se'kat"er-pil-ar), n. A marine 
worm of the genus Polynoii ; a scaleback 
sea-catfish (se'kaf'fish), n. A marine siluroid 
fish of any of the genera Tachisunis or Arms, 
Galeiclithi/s, and Muriehthys (or AKcMhW). 
The eastern American sea-catfish is Tadaturui felts 
found along the coast of the United States from Cape ( 
tt_:.,! i,,.!,,! h nf 9 f**t. /KluncntntJ& 
lor reitt. nut!/*) "''*'* t * a ~yT__~ 
cat See cuts under Artirue and yaf-topsail. 
sea-catgut (se ' kat " gut), n. A common sea- 
weed, Chorda filum: same as sea-lace. [Urk- 
116V "1 
sea-cauliflower (se'ka'li-flou-er), . A polyp, 
Alcyonittm multiflorum. 
sea-centiped(se'sen"ti-ped), . 1. One of sev 
eral large marine errant annelids, as ot tne ge- 
called from the resemblance of 
e 
have become hekted and expanded flovvolf seaward, and 
Thto punmateseea-ee Z e, 
which extends a few miles inland, with a strength de- 
pending on the , temperature-gradient and on the local 
Hence It is most strongly marked in equa- 
eiiersrv 01 uonvei;iiuii*>uin/ii> ** - -- 
mand for a greater local surface indraft. By balloon o 
?at tons the depth of the sea-breeze atj Coney Island 
has been found to be between 300 and 400 feet, 
mainlv the daily sea-breeze which renders the summer 
dfmate of the sea-shore markedly invigorating and re- 
sea-brfef (se'bref), . Same as sea-letter. 
a-bristle (se'bris"!), n. A sertularian polyp, 
peds. 2. Anisopod of the family Idoteidie. 
sea-Change (se'chanj), . A change wrought 
by the sea. 
Nothing of him that doth fade 
But doth suffer a sea-change 
Into something rich and strange. 
Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 400. 
sea-chart (se'chart), w. A marine map. See 
chart, 1. 
Some say that it [Cyprus] was a hundred and seventy- 
five miles long, others two hundred ; but the modern sea 
caru "make it only one hundred and thirty-five in length, 
and sixty-two miles broad in the widest part 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 210. 
sea-Chestnut (se'ches'nut), n. A sea-urchin : 
so called from the rough spines, like the 
prickles of a chestnut -bur. 
.-_ --u;,,!,,,,^ r>>'Mlr'irSfti. n. A seaside 
i, with 
sea-dog 
sea-cook (se'kuk), w. A cook on board ship: 
used chiefly in opprobrium. 
sea-COOt (se'kot), . 1. A scoter; a black sea- 
thi.-k of the genus (Edemia. See cuts under 
(Ktli'iiiM, scoter, and *,;/'-'/</.. 2. The Ameri- 
can coot, Fiilira IIIIK ricana. 
sea-cormorant 'se'k6r"mo-rant), n. A cc 
rant ; a sea-crow. 
sea-corn (se'kom), . The string of egg-cap- 
sules of the whelk or some similar gastropod : 
so called from its likeness to maize on the cob. 
Also sea-ear, sea-ruffle, sea-honeycomb, sea-neck- 
lace, etc. Stand. Nat. Hist., I. 333. 
sea-cow (se'kou), . 1. The walrus. Also sea- 
o*,-l,orse.-2. A lately extinct s.reman of 
tlie North Pacific, Rliytina stellen : more full; 
called arctic, northern, or (Heller's sea-cow. See 
Ithntitia 3. Any sirenian, as the manatee, 
dugong, or halicore. 4. The hippopotamus: 
translating a name of the Dutch colonists. 
sea-crab (se'krab), u. A rnanne crab; any 
salt water crab, as distinguished from a river- 
crab or land-crab. 
sea-craft (se'kraft), n. 1. In ship-lmMwg, a 
former name for the uppermost strake ot c 
ing which is thicker than the rest of the cei 
ing, and is considered the principal binding 
strake. Now usually called damp.*. Skill 
in navigation. 
sea-crawfish (se'kra'fish), . A shrimp or 
prawn: especially, any member ot the Pahnun- 
d, as Palinvrus vulgaris, or in California 1. 
interrupt!!*. See cut under Pahnunts. 
sea-crawler (se'kra'ler), . Any manne gas- 
tropod. 
The young snails do not undergo any transformation 
like that of the pteropodous infants of the sea-crawlers 
P. P. Carpenter, Lect. on Mollusca (1861), p. 10. 
sea-crow (se'kro), . 1. A local name of various 
itJOi-UlUW V.OVJ iv/, .. 
birds, (o) A sea-cormorant; the cormorant PAaJocro 
corax carlo: so called from its color, (b) A kind of sea- 
gX the mire-crow or pewit-gull, Chwcoctphaht, ndi- 
bundus. [Local, British.] (c) Tlw , razor-billed auk . [Oik- 
ney.] (d) The common skua. [Local British ] (e) 
chough, Pyrrhocorax gramlm. [Ireland.] (/) In the 
United States: (1) The American coot. [New Eng.l (2) 
The black skimmer, Rhynchops nigra^ ^* , lan SJfjW. 
cuts under Chiton and Polyplacophora. 
sea-buglOSS (se'bu"glos), n. See Mertensia. 
sea-built (se'bilt),rt, 1. Built for the sea. 
The sea-built forts in dreadful order move. 
Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 5i. 
on the sea. 
(se'bum"bl-be), w. The little 
>: also called 
se'bun),w. A spatangoid sea-urchin ; 
"aliearf-urchin. 
' ), n. Clotbur, 
. _ . "~ , ? 7 n a 
also sea-kale, under Kate. <s. see n/u>i/>/. 
sea-cactus (se'kak"tus), n. A pedate holothn- 
riau of the family Thyonidee. 
sea-calf (se'kaf), . The common seal, Phoea 
vitulina; the harbor-seal. See cut under Phoca. 
clamp, or forceps closed by a weight, for use 
with deep-sea sounding-lines.- Arctic sea-clam, 
Mva truncata, the chief food of the walrus. 
sea-cloth (se'kloth), . Tlieat., a painted cloth 
used on the stage to represent the water of the 
se^coalt (se'kol), n. [< ME. "geeole, < AS. use- 
mi (glossing L. flagates, jet), < sa>, sea, + col, 
coal.] Fossil coal, or coal dug from the earth : 
so called because it was first brought to Lou- 
don from Newcastle by sea. Such coal was also 
called pit-coal and earth-coal, to distinguish it from char- 
coal As the use of fossil coal became general in England, 
so that it came to rank as the most important of fuels, 
these prefixes were dropped, and the material is now 
called simply coal, while the combustible prepared from 
wood by charring it in pits or kilns is called charcoal. 
We'll have a posset for't soon at night, in faith, at the 
latter end of a sea-coal fire. Shak., M. \\ . of W., i. 4. 9. 
the shape of some of the species. It is sometimes re- 
stricted to the Psolidie, but is the most general popular 
name of holothurians. See cuts under Pentactidie and 
IIolothuriMea. 
sea-CUdweed (se'knd"wed), . A cottony com- 
posite herb, Diotis maritima, found in the t 
on Atlantic and Mediterranean shores. 
gea . cusWon ( S e'knsh"un), . Same as 
sea-dace (se'das), n. 1. A sea-perch. [Local, 
E n g.] 2. The common English bass, bee cut 
under Labrax. [Kent, Eug.] 
sea-daffodil (se'daf'o-dil), w. A plant belong- 
ing to species of the related amaryllidaceous 
Pancratium and Hymenocallis, which 
sea-campion (se'kam"pi-on), n. 
sea-canary (se'ka-ua"n), n. 
See beluga. 
sea-cap (se'kap), . 1. A cap made to be worn 
at sea. 
I know your favour well, 
Though now you have no sea-cap on your head. _ 
Snak., T. r* ., ill. 4. 364. 
2. A basket-shaped sponge which sometimes 
attains great size, found in Florida, 
sea-captain (se'kap'tan), n. The commanding 
officer of a sea-going vessel ; a master manner : 
a term more frequently used in connection with 
the merchant service than with the navy. 
Martin, her son, had gone to be a sea captain in com- 
mand of a goodly bark which his fond mother had built 
for him with her own dowry increased by years of hoard- 
The Atlantic, LXV. 90. 
M>6. 
sea-cardt (se'kard), H. 1 . The card of the mari- 
ners' compass. 
The streight lines in sea-cardei, representing the 32. 
points of the compasse. Uakluyt's Voyages, I. 41 1 . 
'. some part 
IlCl SIIUU1G3 tD J '"' T , ', . a 
uthern Europe and the southeastern United States. See 
la'zi), n. The lady's-cushion, 
Bea-iMn'"(8S'kok), w. 1. A fish of the genus 
Trigla, as T. cuculus; a gurnard. 2. The sea- 
plover, Squatarola helvetica. [Maine.] 3. In a 
marine steam-engine, a cock or valve in the in- 
jection water-pipe which passes from the sea 
to tlie condenser. It is supplementary to the ordinary 
i, . *Y*D nnmionaer, and is intended to serve in case 
us sliouia ue mjiueu. . 
n Any cock or valve communicating through 
a'vessel's hull with the sea. 5. A sea-rover 
or viking. Kingsley. 
sea-COCkroach (se'kok"r6ch), . An anomu- 
rous crustacean of the genus Remipes. 
sea-COCOanut (se'ko"ko-nut), n. See cocommt, 
sea-colander (se'kul"an-der), . The popular 
name for Ai/arum Tiirneri, a large olive sea- 
weed: so called on account of the roundish 
holes in the fronds. The fronds are oblong-ovate in 
general outline, with a cordate and crisped base, and grow 
from 1 to 4 feet long. The perforations begin to be formed 
after the frond has attained a length of 2 or 3 inches. 
sea-colewort (se'kol" wert), . Sea-kale (which 
(a) A devil-nsh an enormous ray, Ccratnpteni fp . 
or Mania birostrii so called from its huge size, horned 
head, dark color, and threatening aspect. See cut under 
devil-Ash. (l>) The ox-ray, Dicembatis giornx. Encyc.Dict. 
(c) The angler, fishing-frog, or toad-fish, Lophimpitcato- 
. ttt. See cut under angler, (d) The angel-tish, Sqtiatina 
anqelus. See cut under angel-fish. [Local, Eng.] (e) t 
giant squid or large poulp. See the quotation under 
sea-tog (se'dog), H. 1. The harbor-seal, Phoca 
ritulina; the sea-calf ; also (in California), one 
of the eared seals, Zalophus califontiainis. See 
cuts under Plioca and Zalophus. 2. The dog- 
fish, Squalvs aeanthias, a kind of shark. 3 A 
sailor who has been long afloat; an old sailor. 
What Englishman can forget the names of Benbow, 
Rooke and Cloudesley Shovel? They were not always 
successful- as in the case of the first-named old sra-< o 
J Ashton Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 206. 
A pirate; a privateer. 
d with 
t, as they were called, 
T point to the north which makes this bay [Co, 
tessa] is not brought out far enough to the east in the 
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