sea-dog 
of a tail like that of a triton, and sometimes 
with a sort of serrated fin along the back, con- 
tinued down the tail. The body is covered with 
scales. 
sea-dotterel (se'dot"er-el), , 1. The turnstone, 
Strepsilag interprets. 2. Same as rinq-dotterel. 
[Local, British.] 
sea-dove (se'duv), n. The dovekie or rotche, 
Alle nigricans; the little auk. See cut under 
dorckic. 
sea-dragon (se'drag'on), . 1. A fish, Pegasus 
draco; a flying sea-horse. See cut under Pega- 
nidse. 2. A kind of dragonet. See cut under 
('lllliOH/flllHX. 
sea-drake (se'drak), H. 1. A sea-crow or sea- 
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sea-duck (se'duk), . 1 . A duck of the family 
Atiatidse and subfamily Fitligitlitur. having the 
hind toe lobate, and often found on salt water. 
(See Fuliaulinse. ) There are many species, to only one 
of which the name pertains without a qualifying word. 
(See def. 2.) The antithesis is river-duck; but many sea- 
ducks that is, Fuligidinse are found inland. See cuts 
under Nyroca, (Edemia, eider, canvasback, redhead, pied, 
scaup, scoter, and surf -duck. 
2. Specifically, the eider-duck. [New Eng.] 
sea-eagle (se'e'gl), n. 1. Any eagle of the ge- 
. v *>~"i, n. An alcyonarian polyp of 
the suborder Gorgoniacea, and especially of the 
family Gorgoniidse, as Rhipidogorgia flabelhim. 
See cuts under Alcyonaria, coral, and Shipidn- 
goraia. 
seafarer (se'far"er),?i. [< sea + fare*- + -eri. 
Cf. seafaring.'} One whose life is spent in voy- 
aging on the ocean; a sailor; a mariner. 
Some mean sea-farcr in pursuit of gain. 
"" " s, in- 
to which the name most frequently attaches is H. albicilla 
the white-tailed sea-eagle. The bald eagle, //. leucocepha- 
liis, is another. The largest and most magnificent sea- 
Sea-eagle (Haliattus pelag icus). 
eagle is H. (Thalamoaetus) pdagiais of Kamchatka and 
other localities. This is over 3 feet long, 7 feet or more 
in extent of wings, the wing 2 feet, the tail 14 inches, cu- 
neate and of 14 feathers; the adult is dark-brown, with 
white shoulders and tail, bright-yellow bill and feet, and 
pale-yellow eyes. See also cut under eagle. 
2- The white-tailed fishing-eagle of India, Pa- 
seafaring (se'far'ing), a. [< ME. ssefarinde, 
seafaring : see sea and fare*-, .] Following the 
business of a seaman ; customarily employed 
in navigation. 
My wife, more careful for the latter-born, 
Had fasten 'd him unto a small spare mast, 
Such as seafaring men provide for storms. 
Shalr., V. of E..L 1. 81. 
sea-feather (se'feTH'er), . 1. A polyp of the 
family Pennatulidx ; a sea-pen. 2. A polyp, 
f'in/idaria grandiflora ; the plumed sea-feather. 
sea-fennel (s^'fen^el), . Samphire. 
sea-fern (se'fern), . Any alcyonarian polyp 
resembling a fern. 
sea-fight (se'fit), n. An engagement between 
ships at sea ; a naval battle or action, 
sea-fir (se'fr), n. A hydroid polyp of the fam- 
ily Scrtulariidse, as ttertiilaria abietina. 
sea-fire (se'fir), . Phosphorescence at sea, as 
that produced by noctilucas, or by salps, etc. 
sea-fish (se'fish), . [< ME. *se-fishe, earlier 
xtefixe, < AS. ssejisc (= Icel. sseflskr), < sx, sea, 
+ .ft'.sr. fish.] Any salt-water or marine fish, 
sea-flea (se'fle), n. Same as mind-flea. H. Speit- 
cer, Prin. of Sociol., $ 60. 
sea-flier (se'fli'fer), w. One of the longipennine 
natatorial sea-birds, as gulls, terns, petrels, etc. 
sea-flower (se'flou'er), . A sea-anemone or 
some similar zoantharian. 
sea-foam (se'fom), n. 1. The froth or foam of 
the ocean. 
The merry seamen laugh'd to see 
Their gallant ship so lustily 
Furrow the green sea-foam. 
Scott, Marmion, ii. 1. 
2. Meerschaum : a translation of the German 
name, which is due to a popular idea " 
substance is solidified sea-froth. 
fish. See cut under eagle-ray. 
sea-ear (se'er), . 1. A mollusk of the family 
Haliotidx; an or- 
mer or abaloue : 
so called from 
the shape of the 
shell. Among the 
American species 
used or available for 
pearl-shell and for 
food are Haiiotis 
rufescens, the red sea-ear; II. splendens, the splendid sea- 
ear; and H. comtgata, the rough sea-ear. See also cut 
under abalone. 
2. Same as sea-corn. 
sea-eel (se'el), . [< ME. *se-ele, < AS. -/, < 
see, sea, -t- eel, eel.] Any eel caught in salt wa- 
ter ; specifically, a conger-eel. 
sea-egg (se'eg), n. 1. A sea-urchin; a sea- 
hedgehog or echinus; a whore's-egg. See cuts 
under Ecliinoidea and Echinus. 2. A species 
of medic, Medicago Echinus, with an echinate 
pod: more fully, sea-egg clover. 
sea-elephant (se'el'e-'fant), . The seal Muc- 
rorhinm elephanti mi's or proboscideus, or Mo- 
runga proboscidea. it is the largest of the otaries- 
the snout is prolonged into a proboscis suggestive of aii 
elephant s trunk. It is confined to the higher latitudes of 
the southern hemisphere, and is much hunted for its skin 
and blubber. A similar though distinct species, Jf an- 
pustirostriii, is found on the coast of California ; but the 
other large otaries of the North Pacific are of different 
aenKrfL(Kuinttnpvti and Zaluplmt), and are called sea-lions. 
ed elephant-seal. See cut in next column. 
by the mixture of a current of cold air 
with the warmer saturated air over the sea. 
sea-folk (se'fok), . [= D. zeevolk = Sw. sjo- 
folk = Dau.sofolk, sea-folk; asea + folk.'} Sea- 
faring people. 
The types of this humble company of shore and seafolk, 
assembled to do honour to a homely bride and bridegroom 
are English. The Academy, No. 890, p. 865. 
Seaforthia (se-for'thi-a), . [NL. (Robert 
Brown, 1810), named after Francis, Lord Sea- 
forth.1 A former genus of palms, now in- 
cluded in Ptuchosperma. 
sea-fowl (se'foul), n. [< ME. seafonle, < AS. sa- 
fvgel (= Icel. ssefugl), < sx, sea, + fugel, fowl.] 
A sea-bird ; collectively, sea-birds. 
sea-fox (se'foks), . The fox-shark or thrasher, 
Atopias vulpes: so called from the long tail, 
likened to the brush of a fox. It attains a 
length of 12 or 15 feet. Also called sea-ape. 
See cut under Alopias. 
sea-front (se'frunt). . The side or edge of the 
land bordering on the sea; also, the side, as of 
a building, which looks toward the sea. 
We can trace out the long line of the sea-front of the 
palace which became a city. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 142. 
sea-froth (se'fr6th), . [< ME. seefroth; < sea 
+ froth.] 1. The froth or foam of the sea. 
2t. Seaweeds. 
other so dolven kesteth seefroth ynne. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 115. 
sea-gull 
*i;'i~i-i,tfi the firthe is goo 
To honge upp, and the Vth lit- sail he a sithe 
Made for lupyne is ilpp to honge aswithe 
I'alladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 126. 
sea-furbelow (se'fer*be-16), H. A name of 
various seaweeds, especially of the genus La- 
Hiinaria. 
sea-gage (se'gaj), n. 1. The depth that a 
vessel sinks in the water. 2. A form of sound- 
ing-instrument in which the depth is ascer- 
tained by the registered pressure of a column 
? t i? lr J , r li( l" id - A tide-gage and a sea-gage are essen- 
tially different. A tide-gage is an instrument to register 
the amount of the rise and fall of the tide at a place; a 
sea-gage is any instrument fordetermining the depth of 
the sea. 
sea-gasket (se'gas'ket), n. Same as furliiuj- 
litn . 
sea-gates (se'gats), . pi. In hydrant, engin., a 
supplementary pair of gates opening outward, 
sometimes placed at the entrance of a dock or 
tidal basin in exposed situations, as a safe- 
guard against a heavy sea. 
sea-gherkin (se'giT"kin), . One of several 
small holothurians ; a sea-cucumber, 
sea-gilliflower (se'jil'i-flou-er), . The com- 
mon thrift, Anneria rulgarix. 
sea-ginger (se'jin'jer), n. Millepore coral, as 
Mil/cp<ira alcinitg, which bites the tongue liko 
ginger. [West Indies and Florida.] 
sea-girdle (se'ger"dl), . A seaweed, the Lami- 
naria digitata : same as hanger, 7. 
sea-girt (se'gert), a. Girt or* surrounded by the 
water of the sea or ocean : as, a sea-girt isle. 
Pass we the joys and sorrows sailors find 
Coop'd in their winged sea-girt citadel. 
Byron, Childe Harold, ii. 28. 
sea-god (se'god), n. A marine deity; a divin- 
ity looked upon as presiding over the ocean or 
sea, as Neptune. 
The syrens 
. . . there the highest-going billows crown 
I'ntil some lusty sea-god pulled them down. 
B. Janson, Masques, Neptune's Triumph. 
sea-goddess (se'god"es), . A female deity of 
the ocean ; a marine goddess. Pope. 
sea-going (se'gd'ing), a. 1. Designed or fit 
for going to sea, as a vessel. 
In the model of the sea-going vessels there has appa- 
rently been little change from the first. 
ffmeells, Venetian Life, K. 
2. Seafaring. 
Subsequently the Greeks themselves became a sea-goinn 
people, and little by little drove the Phoenicians back from 
the coasts of European Greece. 
B. V. Head, Historia N'umorum, Int., p. xxxvli. 
3. Catadromous, as a fish. 
sea-goose (se'gos), . 1. A dolphin : so called 
from the shape of the snout. 2. A phalarope, 
either Phalaropus fulicarius or Lobipes Jiyper- 
boreus. [New Eng'land to Labrador.] 
Both known by the . . . inappropriate though curious 
name of sea-geese. Cmies, Proc. Phila. Acad., 1861, p. 229. 
sea-goosefoot (se'gos'fut), n. See goosefoot. 
sea-gourd (se'gord), n. Any member of the 
Khopalodinidie. 
sea-gown (se'goun), n. A skirted garment or 
wrapper meant to be worn at sea. 
Up from my cabin, 
My sea-gown scarf'd about me, in the dark 
Groped I to find out them. Shalt., Hamlet, v. 2. 18. 
My Guide carried mySea-gou*n, which was my covering 
in the night, and my Pillow was a Log of Wood : but I 
slept very well, tho the weakness of my body did now re- 
quire better accommodation. Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 91. 
sea-grape (se'grap), . 1. See grape. 2. The 
grape-tree or seaside grape, Coccoloba urifera. 
See grape-tree. 3. A glasswort, Salicornia 
lierbacea. 4. pi. The clustered egg-cases -of 
squids, cuttles, and other cephalopods. Some- 
times they are numerous enough to choke the 
dredges and interfere with ovstering. 
sea-grass (se'gras), n. 1. The thrift, Armeria 
rulgaris, and also one of the glassworts, Sali- 
cornia lierbacea, both seaside plants; also, the 
pia maritima), the gulfweed (Sargassum), and 
probably other marine plants. 2. A variety of 
cirrus cloud whose form suggests the name: it 
is a forerunner of stormy weather. 
sea-green (se'gren), a. and . I. a. Having a 
luminous bluish-green color, suggesting that 
sometimes seen in sea-water. 
II. H. 1. A rich bluish green of high lumi- 
nosity. 2. Ground overflowed by the sea in 
spring tides. 
sea-gudgeon (se'guj"ou), . See gudgeon*. 
sea-gull (se'gul), n. A gull ; any bird of the 
subfamily Larinx, most of which fly over the 
sen ;is well as inland waters. Some of the larger 
