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Noun

sea (plural seas)

1. A large body of salt water.
   • God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] , 4th edition, page 252

   Synonyms:

   ogin, briny, mere

   1. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
      • These ſhal ye eat, of all that are in the waters: whatſoeuer hath finnes and ſcales in the waters, in the ſeas, and in the riuers, them ſhall ye eate.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 11:9, signature [K5], recto, column 2
   2. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
      • The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.
2. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
   • The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
3. A single wave; billow.
   • One ſea broke away the ſpare yards and ſpars out of the ſtarboard main chains. Another heavy ſea broke into the ſhip and ſtove all the boats. Several caſks of beer, that had been laſhed upon deck, were broke looſe and waſhed overboard, and it was not without great difficulty and riſk that we were...1792, William Bligh, chapter II, in A Voyage to the South Sea, […] in His Majesty’s Ship The Bounty, […], London: […] George Nicol, […], →OCLC, page 14
4. The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
   • “Where can they be?” he cried. “They cannot have gone down, for there has been no sea, and they were afloat after the yacht sank—I saw them all.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 150

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