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sealore

sealore noun: knowledge, teaching, science, or study of the sea.

Noun

sealore (uncountable)

  1. Knowledge, teaching, science, or study of the sea.
    • When they reappeared presently over the sand-ridge he was assisting to carry a very dead fowl, to which Cora had attached a length of string, with the other end looped about her wrist. Bradly joined her on the beach, interested in a piece of sea-lore.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 175
    • But persistent sealore says that there was so much attention paid to oppression that good seamanship suffered.1998, Malcolm Archibald, Sixpence for the Wind: A Knot of Nautical Folklore - Page 128

Origin of sealore

From sea + lore.

Questions about sealore

What does sealore mean?
Sealore means knowledge, teaching, science, or study of the sea.
What part of speech is sealore?
Sealore is a noun.

Words near sealore in the dictionary

  1. sealmakers
  2. sealmaking
  3. sealock
  4. sealocked
  5. sealocks
  6. sealore
  7. sealouse
  8. sealpoint
  9. sealpoints
  10. sealpox
  11. seals

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