Sea" fowl` (?). (Zoöl.) Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as
an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds,
collectively.
Sea" fox` (?). (Zoöl.) The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.
Sea" froth` (?; 115). See Sea foam, 2.
{ Sea"-gate`, Sea"-gait` }, n. A long, rolling swell of the sea. Ham.
Nav. Encyc.
Sea" gauge` (?). See under Gauge, n.
{ Sea" gher`kin (?), or Sea" gir"kin (?) }. (Zoöl.) Any small
holothurian resembling in form a gherkin.
Sea" gin"ger (?). (Zoöl.) A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora,
especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called
because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.
Sea" gir"dles (?). (Bot.) A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with
palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle.
Sea"girt` (?), a. Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a
seagirt isle. Milton.
Sea" god` (?). A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or
have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea,
as Neptune.
Sea" god"dess (?). A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea,
or some part of the sea.
Sea"go`ing (?), a. Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the
deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to
vessels.
Sea" goose` (?). (Zoöl.) A phalarope.
Sea" gown` (?). A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by
mariners. Shak.
Sea" grape` (?). 1. (Bot.) (a) The gulf weed. See under Gulf. (b) A
shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of
tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.
2. pl. (Zoöl.) The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid
(Loligo).
Sea" grass` (?). (Bot.) Eelgrass.
Sea" green` (?). The green color of sea water.
Sea"-green`, a. Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on
soundings.
Sea" gud"geon (?). (Zoöl.) The European black goby (Gobius niger).
Sea" gull` (?). (Zoöl.) Any gull living on the seacoast.
||Se"ah (?), n. A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an ephah.
Sea" hare` (?). (Zoöl.) Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus
Aplysia. See Aplysia.
Sea" hawk` (?). (Zoöl.) A jager gull.
Sea" heath` (?). (Bot.) A low perennial plant (Frankenia lævis)
resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.
Sea" hedge"hog` (?). (Zoöl.) A sea urchin.
Sea" hen` (?). (Zoöl.) The common guillemot; -- applied also to various
other sea birds.
Sea" hog` (?). (Zoöl.) The porpoise.
Sea" hol"ly (?). (Bot.) An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium
maritimum). See Eryngium.
Sea" holm` (?). A small uninhabited island.
Sea" holm`. (Bot.) Sea holly.
Sea" horse` (?). 1. A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish,
represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the
Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus.