gaged m searching for something lost, con- 8ea . ru ff (sc'rnf), . A sparoid fish of the ge- 
npnliyl. or the like. Nineteenth Cintiiril, X V ^ T - 
search-light 
other enemies. It is also used in military operations and 
for other purposes. 
search-party (sereh'pttr'ii), . A party en- 
gaged m searching for something loi 
cealed, or the like. Miict/i-iilli Criilin-y, XXVI. 
773. 
search-warrant (serch'wor'nnt), n. In lau; a 
warrant granted by a justice of the peace to a 
constable to enter the premises of a person 
suspected of secreting stolen goods, in order 
to discover, and if found to seize, the goods. 
Similar warrants are granted to search for property or ar- 
whi< " 
r, i n 
season 
sear-spring (ser'spring-), . The spring in a 
gun-lock which causes the sear to catch in tin- 
notch of the tumbler. See 'cut under gun-lock. sea-Shore (86 shor), 
fiea-shellt are great improvers of sour or cold land. 
Mortimer, Husbandry. 
n. 1. The coast of the 
the" land that lies adjacent to the sea or 
misi'aui-tluK, inhabiting most European coasts, ocean.-2. In laic, the ground between the 
including the Mediterranean ; a sea-bream. ordinary high-water mark and low- water mark, 
sea-ruffle (se'ruf'l), H, Same as sea-corn. sea-shrimp (se shrimp), n A shrimp, 
sea-run (se'run), . Migration into the sea: sea-shrub (se shrub), n. A gorgomaceous al- 
also used attributively. cyonarian polyp ; a sea-fan. See cuts under 
The gronp without hyoid teeth includes fontinalis, } and Ihipidogorgia. 
known in the earua condition as immaculatus, and in its Seasick (se'sik), a. Affected with nausea from 
northern habitat varying into hudsonicus of Suckley. the motion of a vessel. 
Science, v. 424. seasickness (se'sik"nes), . The state or con- 
sea-running (se'ruu'mg), a. 
a fish. 
[Also seerwood, sere- 
Wood dry enough to 
Catadromous, as dition of being seasick. 
seaside (se'sld), . [< ME. see-side, sx-side; < 
sea* + side 1 .] The land bordering on the sea; 
the country adjacent to the sea or near it: of- 
ten used adjectively: as, a seaside residence or 
home. 
On the See-syde Men may fynde many Rubyes. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 2. 
There disembarking on the green sea-side, 
We land our cattle, and the spoil divide. 
Pope, Odyssey, ix. 639. 
1. 413. 
tides in respect of which other offenses are committed, 
such as base coin, coiners' tools, also gunpowder, nitro- 
glycerin, liquors, etc., kept contrary to law. 
sear-clotht, A bad spelling of cerecloth. 
sea-reach (se'rech), . The straight course or searwoodt (ser'wftd)^. 
reach of a winding river which stretches out wood; < sear 1 + v " 
toward the sea. turn ; dry sticks. 
Searedness (serd'nes), n. The state of being And serewood from the rotten hedges took, 
seared, cauterized, or hardened; hardness; And seeds of laten ^^J m 1 " w n e t r 8 ] p n rov L J ^ 
hence, insensibility. 
Delivering up the sinner to a stupidity or searedness of sea-Salmon (se sam'un) ,n. See salmon. 
conscience South, Sermons, IX. ii. sea-salt (se'salt), n. Sodium chlond, or com- 
sea-reed (se'red), . The marram ormat-grass, * ,alt, obtained by evaporation of sea-water. ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
sel^etslSfr An officer formerly ap- sea-sandwort (se'sand-w.rt), n. See sand- ftSsSMfiS&'SteSffit! 
uointed in maritime towns and places to take wort - -,- *, Seaside bean, finch, grape, pine, etc. See the nouns, 
care of the maritime rights of the lord of the sea-saurian (se'sa"n-an) Any manne sau- sea . skimme r (se'skim"er), n. The skimmer, a 
manor, watch the shore, and collect the wrecks. nan - loj>.*ci.Mo.,A&\LL.oil. bird See Khynchops. 
seascape (se'skap), n. [< sea^ + -scape, as in sea . s l a t e r (se'sla'ter), n. The rock-slater, 
landscape.] A picture representing a scene at Ligia oeealliea . t an( j other isopods of the same 
sea; a sea-piece. [Recent.] genus. 
Seascape -as painters affect to call such things. sea-sleOVO (se'slev), n. 
Dickens, Household Words, XXXIV. 236. clt l (tnlarl , \] 
On one of these happy days ... he found perched on se a-slue (se'slug), re. 1. A marine opisthobran- 
the cliff, his fingers blue with cold the celebrated Andrea 8 ^ ifl B t ^ fl V strnno ^Vhose shell is rudimentarv or 
Fitch, employed in sketching a land or a sea scape on a 
sheet of grey paper. Thackeray, Shabby Genteel Story, v. 
Mdrue. , as a seascape painter, is placed on the 
r to her. 
searing-iron (ser'ing-i"ern), H. A cautery. seascape (se'skap), H. 
sea-risk (se'risk), n. Hazard or risk at sea; 
danger of injury or destruction by the sea. 
He was so great an encourager of commerce that he 
charged himself with all the sea-risque of such vessels as 
carried com to Rome in the winter. Arbuthnot. 
searness (ser'nes), . [Also sereness; < ME. 
seernesse, sernesse; < sear 1 + -ness.] Dryness; 
aridity. Prompt. Pan., p. 453. 
sea-robber (se'roV'er), . A pirate; one who 
robs on the high seas. Compare sea-rover. 
Trade ... is much disturbed by pirates and searobbers. 
Milton, Letters of State. 
A cuttlefish : same as 
line which is nothing new 
Contemporary Rev., LIV. 86. 
Several of the once-admired interiors and sea-scapes of 
Eugene Isabey. Saturday Rev., Oct. 26, 1890, p. 381 
sea-robin (se'roVin), n. 1. A fish of the fam- sea-SCOrpion (s'sk6r"pi-ou), n 
ily Triglidx. In the United States, one of various species scorpion-fish ; any member of the 
ol ^the genus Prionotus, which is distinguished from Triyla See SCorpene.2. A COtto 
Ins and the development of teeth pins. Also called sculpin. 
They are more or less red in color, sea _ scur f (se'skerf), n. Apolyzoan of the genus 
Lepralia or other incrusting sea-moss. 
An obsolete spelling of seize. 
chiate gastropod whose shell is rudimentary or 
wanting; a nudibranch, as a doridoid. These 
creatures resemble the terrestrial pulmonates known as 
slugs, whence the name. There are many species, ol dif- 
ferent genera and families, some of them known as sea- 
hares, sea-lemons, etc. See cuts under Polycera, Hermsea, 
and jKmrm. 
2. A holothurian of any kind. 
by the longer pectoral fins and the development of teeth 
on the palatine bones. " 
1. IncAt/i.,a sea-snail (se'snal),. [<ME.see-*na7, < AS. sse- 
s Scorpxnidse. snxgl,s/mxl, sea-snail, <*, sea, + sniegl, snail.] 
See 'scorpene. 2. A cottoid fish, Coitus scor- 
Sea-robin (Prt'onofits pitlmipts}. 
and are distinguished by the development of three rays 
below the pectoral fins on each side, serving as organs 
both ol progression and of sensation. Several species are 
found along the eastern coast of the United States, as P. 
evolans, P. strigalus, and P. palmipes. 
2. The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serra- 
tor. [Rowley, Massachusetts.] 
sea-rocket (se'rok'et), . A cruciferous plant 
of the genus Cakile. There are 2 species, fleshy 
shore-plants, with few leaves and a two-jointed pod, each 
joint with one seed, the upper deciduous at maturity, the 
lower persistent. C. maritima is found in Europe, also 
in Australia ; C. Americana, in the United States on the 
Atlantic coast northward and along the Great Lakes. 
sea-rod (se'rod), re. A kind of sea-pen ; a pen- 
natulaceous polyp of the family Virgulariidee. 
sea-roll (se'rdl), . A holothurian. 
sea-room (se'rSm), n. Sufficient room at sea 
for a vessel to make any required movement ; 
space free from obstruction in which a ship 
can be easily maneuvered or navigated. 
Bomilcar gat forth of the haven of Saracose with 35 
ships, and, having sea-rwtme, halsed up sails, and away he 
went with a mery gale of wind. 
Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 668. 
sea-rose (se'roz), n. A sea-anemone, Urticina 
nodosa, found on Newfoundland, etc. 
sea-rosemary (se'roz"ma-ri), . 1. Same as 
seaset, . 
sea-sedge (se'sej), n. 1. See alva marina. 2. 
The sedge Carex arenaria. Also called German 
sarsaparilla. 
sea-serpent (se'ser"pent), H. 1. An enormous 
marine animal of serpentine form, said to have 
been repeatedly seen at sea. Most stories of the 
sea-serpent are obviously mythical. The few accounts 
which appear to have some foundation in fact have ex- 
hausted all possible conjectures respecting any actual 
creature. Some naturalists have suspected that a huge 
marine reptile may have survived from a former fauna ; 
but certainly no animal is known which answers to any 
current conception of the sea-serpent, nor has such an ani- 
mal ever been captured. The popular statements regard- 
ing sea-serpents are generally believed to be based on in- 
accurate observations of various large marine animals or 
of schools of animals. 
2. In herpet., a general name of the marine 
venomous ser- 
pents or sea- 
snakes of the 
family Hydro- 
pllidx. There are 
several genera and 
species, of warm 
seas, and especially 
of the Indian ocean, 
all extremely poi- 
sonous. The best- 
known belong to 
the genera Platu- 
rus, Pelamis, and 
Uydrophis, and 
have the tail more 
or less compressed 
like a fln. See also 
Sea-snail or Peri- 
vinkle (l.ittorinti 
littored), natural 
size. 
Sea-serpent (Pelamis fa'color) . 
1. A pirate; one 
cuts under Hydro 
phis and Platurus. 
3. A chain of 
salps linked to- 
sea-lavender~2. A saline plant, Sitteda fruti- getter, 
sea-service (se - 
ser'vis), n. Service on the sea, or on board of 
a ship or vessel, (a) In the United States navy, ser- 
vice at sea or on board of a sea-going ship, as distinguished 
from shore-service, (b) Service in the British navy ; naval 
service. 
You were pressed lor the sea-service, . . . and you got 
off with much ado. Steffi, Directions to Servants. 
sea-roving (se ' ro " ving), . Roving over the sea-shark (se'shiirk), n. A large shark of the 
sea in quest of booty; piracy. family Lamnidx, also known as man-eater. 
Nor was it altogether nothing, even that wild xea-roe- sea-shell (se'shel), II. The shell of any salt- 
iny and battling, through so many generations. Cartyle. water mollusk ; a marine shell, such as may 
searset, . and v. See scarce. be found on the sea-shore. See Oceanidea. '_'. 
cosa. 
sea-rover (se'ro"ver), n. 
who cruises for plunder. 
A certain island . . . left waste by sea-rovers. 
Milton, Hist. Eng., i. 
2. A ship or vessel that is employed in cruis- 
ing for plunder. 
1. In ichth., any fish of the family Liparididee, 
and especially a member of the genus Liparis, 
of which there are several species, found in 
both British and American waters. The common 
sea-snail or snail-flsh of Great Britain is 
L. mdgaris, tlie unctuous sucker, a few 
inches long. See cut under snail-fish. 
2. In conch., a marine gastro- 
d whose shell resembles a 
ix, as those of the family 
Littorinidee, of which the peri- 
winkle, Littorina littorea, is a 
familiar form, and those of the 
family Naticidx, of which Lu- 
natia heros and related species 
are good examples. See also 
cuts under Natica, Littorinidse, 
Nerita, and Neritidse. 
sea-snake (se'snak), n. A sea-serpent, in any 
sense. 
That great sea-make under the sea. 
Tennyson, The Mermaid. 
sea-snipe (se'snip), H. 1. Tringa alpina .: same 
as dunlin. [North of Eng. and East Lothian.] 
2. The knot, a sandpiper, Tringa canutus. 
[Ireland.] 3. The snipe-fish, Centriscus sco- 
lopax. 
sea-soldiert (se'sol'jer), n. A marine. 
Six hundred sea-soldiers, under the conduct of Sir Rich- 
ard Levison. Holland, tr. of Camden, ii. 136. (Dories.) 
season (se'zn), n. [< ME. seysoun, seson, scsun, 
sesoun, cesoun, < OF. seson, seison, saison, F. sai- 
son = Pr. sadons, sazon, sasos, sazos = Sp. sazon 
= Pg. sazfto, < L. satio(n-), a sowing, planting, 
ML. sowing-time, i. e. spring, regarded as the 
chief season for sowing crops, hence any sea- 
son, < severe, pp. satus, sow, prob. orig. *sesere, 
redupl. of -\/ sa, sow: see sow 1 . Cf. sation, a 
doublet of season. In def. 3 the noun is from 
the verb.] 1. A particular period of time. 
Specifically (a) One of the periods into which the year 
is naturally divided by the annual motion of the sun in 
declination, or by the resulting characteristics ol temper- 
ature, moisture, conditions of vegetation, and the like. 
Astronomically the year is divided into four nearly equal 
seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, reckoned 
solely with respect to thesun'smotion spring beginning 
when the sun crosses the equator going northward, sum- 
mer when it reaches the summer solstice, autumn when 
it crosses the equator going southward, and winter when 
it reaches the winter solstice. But popularly and histori- 
cally the seasons refer to the four well-marked periods 
which in temperate regions are exhibited In the annual 
changes of climate and stages of vegetation. In conse- 
quence, the times of division and the duration of the sea- 
sons are entirely conventional, and are adjusted in terms 
of the monthly calendar in accordance with the local cli- 
