||Sé`ance" (?), n. [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p. pr. of sedere to sit.
||See Sit.] A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of
||spiritualists to receive spirit communications, so called.
Sea" nee"dle (?). (Zoöl.) See Garfish (a).
Sea" net`tle (?). A jellyfish, or medusa.
Sean"na*chie (?), n. [Gael. seanachaidh.] A bard among the Highlanders
of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes;
also, a genealogist. [Written also sennachy.] [Scot.]
Sea" on"ion (?). (Bot.) The officinal squill. See Squill.
Sea" ooze` (?). Same as Sea mud. Mortimer.
Sea" or"ange (?). (Zoöl.) A large American holothurian (Lophothuria
Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely
granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
Sea"-orb` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A globefish.
Sea" ot"ter (?). (Zoöl.) An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, or
marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued,
especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is
larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.
Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean
(Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis.
Sea" owl` (s" oul`). (Zoöl.) The lumpfish.
Sea" pad` (s" pd`). (Zoöl.) A starfish.
Sea" par"rot (s" pr"rt). (Zoöl.) The puffin.
Sea" par"tridge (?). (Zoöl.) The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish
of the British coasts.
Sea" pass` (?). A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time
of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See
Passport.
Sea" peach` (?). (Zoöl.) A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, or
Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and
color of a ripe peach.
Sea" pear` (s" pâr`). (Zoöl.) A pedunculated ascidian of the genus
Boltonia.
Sea"-pen" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A pennatula.
Sea" perch` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The European bass (Roccus, or Labrax,
lupus); -- called also sea dace. (b) The cunner. (c) The sea bass. (d)
The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
Sea" pheas"ant (?). (Zoöl.) The pintail duck.
Sea" pie` (s" p`). (Zoöl.) The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the
genus Hæmatopus.
Sea" pie`. A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked
together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a
three-decker sea pie.
Sea"piece` (?), n. A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine
picture. Addison.
Sea" pi"et (?). (Zoöl.) See 1st Sea pie.
Sea" pig` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A porpoise or dolphin. (b) A dugong.
Sea" pi"geon (?). The common guillemot.
Sea" pike` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The garfish. (b) A large serranoid food
fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; --
called also robalo. (c) The merluce.
Sea" pin`cush`ion (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A sea purse. (b) A pentagonal
starfish.
Sea" pink` (?). (Bot.) See Thrift.
Sea" plov"er (?). The black-bellied plover.
{ Sea" poach"er (s" pch"r). Sea" pok"er (s" pk"r). } (Zoöl.) The lyrie.
Sea" pool` (?). A pool of salt water. Spenser.
Sea" pop"py (?). (Bot.) The horn poppy. See under Horn.
Sea" por"cu*pine (?). (Zoöl.) Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied
genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.
Sea" pork` (?). (Zoöl.) An American compound ascidian (Amorœcium
stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.
Sea" port` (s"prt`), n. A port on the seashore, or one accessible for
seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.
Sea"poy (?), n. See Sepoy.