Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SEA-COAL, n. [sea and coal.]

Coal brought by sea; a vulgar name for fossil coal, in distinction from charcoal.

SEA-COAST, n. [sea and coast.]

The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean.

SEA-COB, n. [sea and cob.]

A fowl, called also sea-gull.

SEA-COLE-WORT, n.

Sea-cale, – which see.

SEA-COM-PASS, n. [sea and compass.]

The mariner's card and needle; the compass constructed for use at sea. – Camden.

SEA-COOT, n. [sea and coot.]

A sea fowl, Fulica marina.

SEA-COR'MO-RANT, n. [sea and cormorant.]

The sea-crow or sea-drake, Corvus marinus.

SEA-COW, n. [sea and cow.]

The Trichechus manatus, or manati. [See Manati.]

SEA-CROW, n. [sea and crow.]

A fowl of the gull kind; the mire-crow or pewet. – Encyc.

SEA-DEV-IL, n. [sea and devil.]

The fishing frog or toad-fish, of the genus Lophius; a fish resembling a tadpole, growing to a large size, with a head larger than the whole body. – Encyc.

SEA-DOG, n. [sea and dog.]

1. A fish, perhaps the shark. – Pope. Roscommon.
2. The sea-calf or common seal.

SEA-DRAG-ON, n. [sea and dragon.]

A marine monster caught in England in 1749, resembling in some degree an alligator, but having two large fins which served for swimming or flying. It had two legs terminating in hoofs, like those of an ass. Its body was covered with impenetrable scales, and it had five rows of teeth. [Qu.] – Gent. Magazine.

SEA-EAR, n. [sea and ear.]

A scutibranchiate gasteropodous molluscum with a univalve shell, belonging to the genus Haliotis, remarkable for the splendid colors [principally green and violet] of the interior, and a row of small holes pierced through one side. – Haldeman.

SEA-EEL, n. [sea and eel.]

An eel caught in salt water; the conger.

SEA-EN-CIR'CLED, a. [sea and encircled.]

Encompassed by the sea. – Thomson.

SEA-FAR-ER, n. [sea and fare.]

One that follows the seas; a mariner. – Pope.

SEA-FAR-ING, a. [supra.]

Following the business of a seaman; customarily employed in navigation. Arbuthnot.

SEA-FEN-NEL, n. [sea and fennel.]

The same as samphire.

SEA-FIGHT, n. [sea and fight.]

An engagement between ships at sea; a naval action. – Bacon.

SEA-FISH, n. [sea and fish.]

Any marine fish; any fish that lives usually in salt water.

SEA-FOWL, n. [sea and fowl.]

A marine fowl; any fowl that lives by the sea, and procures its food from salt water. Pope.

SEA-FOX, n.

A species of squalus, having a tail longer than the body. – Dict. Nat. Hist.

SEA-GAGE, n. [sea and gage.]

The depth that a vessel sinks in the water. – Encyc.

SEA-GAR-LAND, n. [sea and garland.]

A plant.

SEA-GIR-DLES, n. [sea and girdle.]

A sort of sea-plant. – Johnson.