Seat, v. i. To rest; to lie down. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sea" tang` (?). (Bot.) A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.
To their nests of sedge and sea tang.
Longfellow.
Sea" term` (?). A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or
phrase.
Sea" thief` (?). A pirate. Drayton.
Sea" thongs` (?; 115). (Bot.) A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia
lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike
forking process rising from a top-shaped base.
Seat"ing (st"ng), n. 1. The act of providing with a seat or seats; as,
the seating of an audience.
2. The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as,
cane seating.
Sea" tit"ling (?). (Zoöl.) The rock pipit.
Seat"less (?), a. Having no seat.
Sea" toad` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) A sculpin. (b) A toadfish. (c) The angler.
Sea" trout` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts
which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European
bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout.
(b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague. (c) A California
fish of the family Chiridæ, especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; --
called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock. (d) A
California sciænoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea
bass.
Sea" trum"pet (?). 1. (Bot.) A great blackish seaweed of the Southern
Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond,
sometimes twenty feet long.
2. (Zoöl.) Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See
Triton.
Sea" turn` (?). A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Sea" tur"tle (?). (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several very large species of
chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle,
hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas. (b)
The sea pigeon, or guillemot.
Sea" u"ni*corn (?). (Zoöl.) The narwhal.
Sea" ur"chin (?). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of
the order Echinoidea. When living they are covered with movable spines
which are often long and sharp.
Seave (?), n. [Cf. Dan. siv, Sw. säf, Icel. sef.] A rush. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.