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Sea
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
(2):
(n.) An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
(3):
(n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
(4):
(n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
(5):
(n.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; - so called from its size.
(6):
(n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sea'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sea.html. 1828.
