6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
Shak.
All the space . . . was one sea of heads.
Macaulay.
Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification;
as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike,
sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea- worn, and the like. It is also
used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea
bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn.
At sea, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks
for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances. "To say the old man
was at sea would be too feeble an expression." G. W. Cable -- At full
sea at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. "But now God's
mercy was at full sea." Jer. Taylor. -- Beyond seas, or Beyond the sea
or the seas (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country.
Wharton. -- Half seas over, half drunk. [Colloq.] Spectator. -- Heavy
sea, a sea in which the waves run high. -- Long sea, a sea
characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive
waves. -- Short sea, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and
irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. -- To go to
sea, to adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor.
Sea" a"corn (?). (Zoöl.) An acorn barnacle (Balanus).
Sea" ad"der (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The European fifteen-spined stickleback
(Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore. (b) The European
tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus).
Sea" an"chor (?). (Naut.) See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
Sea" a*nem"o*ne (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied
Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actinaria; an actinian.
They have the oral disk surrounded by one or more circles of simple
tapering tentacles, which are often very numerous, and when expanded
somewhat resemble the petals of flowers, with colors varied and often
very beautiful.
Sea" ape` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The thrasher shark. (b) The sea otter.
Sea" ap"ple (?). (Bot.) The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria
Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. A. Grisebach.
Sea" ar"row (?). (Zoöl.) A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.
Sea" bank` (?). 1. The seashore. Shak.