Sea"-mail` (?), n. [Sea + (perhaps) Mall Mally, for Mary; hence, Prov.
E. mally a hare.] (Zoöl.) A gull; the mew.
Sea"man (?), n.; pl. Seamen (&?;). A merman; the male of the mermaid.
[R.] "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Locke.
Sea"man (?), n.; pl. Seamen (#). [AS. sæman.] One whose occupation is
to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; --
applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the
latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.
Able seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties
of common seamanship. -- Ordinary seaman. See Ordinary.
Sea"man*like` (?), a. Having or showing the skill of a practical
seaman.
Sea"man*ship, n. The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the
art, of working a ship.
Sea" man"tis (?). (Zoöl.) A squilla.
Sea" marge` (?). Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. Shak.
You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life.
J. Burroughs.
Sea"mark` (?), n. Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide
to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a
tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.
Sea" mat` (?). (Zoöl.) Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied
genera which form frondlike corals.
Sea" maw` (?). (Zoöl.) The sea mew.
Seamed (?), a. (Falconry) Out of condition; not in good condition; --
said of a hawk.
Sea"-mell` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The sea mew.
Sea" mew` (?). (Zoöl.) A gull; the mew.
Sea" mile` (?). A geographical mile. See Mile.
Sea" milk"wort` (?). (Bot.) A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux
maritima) found along northern seashores.
Seam"ing (?), n. 1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
2. (Fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the
meshes of the net are attached.
Seaming machine, a machine for uniting the edges of sheet-metal plates
by bending them and pinching them together.
Seam"less, a. Without a seam.
Christ's seamless coat, all of a piece.
Jer. Taylor.
Sea" monk` (?). (Zoöl.) See Monk seal, under Monk.
Sea" mon"ster (?). (Zoöl.) Any large sea animal.
Sea" moss` (?; 115). (Zoöl.) Any branched marine bryozoan resembling
moss.
Sea" mouse` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to
Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setæ on the
sides. (b) The dunlin.
Seam"ster (?), n. [See Seamstress.] One who sews well, or whose
occupation is to sew. [Obs.]
Seam"stress (?; 277), n. [From older seamster, properly fem., AS.
seámestre. See Seam.] A woman whose occupation is sewing; a
needlewoman.
Seam"stress*y (?), n. The business of a seamstress.
Sea" mud` (?). A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the
seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.
Seam"y (?), a. Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. "Many
a seamy scar." Burns.
Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side.
Sir W. Scott.