Sea" wall` (?). [AS. sæweall.] A wall, or embankment, to resist
encroachments of the sea.
Sea"-walled` (?), a. Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as
if by a wall. Shak.
{ Sea"wan (?), Sea"want (?) }, n. The name used by the Algonquin
Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.
Seawan was of two kinds; wampum, white, and suckanhock, black or
purple, -- the former having half the value of the latter. Many
writers, however, use the terms seawan and wampum indiscriminately.
Bartlett.
Sea"wand` . (Bot.) See Sea girdles.
Sea"ward (?), a. Directed or situated toward the sea. Donne.
Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a
frosted fleece.
G. W. Cable.
Sea"ward, adv. Toward the sea. Drayton.
Sea"ware` (?), n. [Cf. AS. swr seaweed.] (Bot.) Seaweed; esp., coarse
seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.
Sea"weed` (?), n. 1. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.
2. (Bot.) Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse, Fucus,
Ulva, etc.
Sea" whip` (?). (Zoöl.) A gorgonian having a simple stem.
Sea" wid"geon (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The scaup duck. (b) The pintail duck.
Sea"wife` (?), n.; pl. Seawives (&?;). (Zoöl.) A European wrasse
(Labrus vetula).
Sea" wil"low (?). (Zoöl.) A gorgonian coral with long flexible
branches.
Sea" wing` (?). (Zoöl.) A wing shell (Avicula).
Sea" with"wind` (?). (Bot.) A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella)
growing on the seacoast of Europe.
Sea" wolf` (?). (Zoöl.) (a) The wolf fish. (b) The European sea perch.
(c) The sea elephant. (d) A sea lion.
Sea" wood"cock` (?). (Zoöl.) The bar- tailed godwit.
Sea" wood" louse` (?). (Zoöl.) A sea slater.
Sea" worm"wood` (?). (Bot.) A European species of wormwood (Artemisia
maritima) growing by the sea.
Sea"wor`thi*ness (?), n. The state or quality of being seaworthy, or
able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.
Sea"wor`thy (?), a. Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to
transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.
Sea" wrack` (?). (Bot.) See Wrack.
Se*ba"ceous (?), a. [NL. sebaceus, from L. sebum tallow, grease.]
(Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having
the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or
the sebaceous humor of animals.
Sebaceous cyst (Med.), a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous
gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. -- Sebaceous glands
(Anat.), small subcutaneous glands, usually connected with hair
follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter, composed in great
part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin.
Se*bac"ic (?), a. [L. sebum tallow: cf. F. sébacique.] (Chem.) Of or
pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically,
designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid),
obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as
castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.
Se"bat (?), n. [Heb. shbt.] The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew
year, approximately corresponding with February. W. Smith (Bibl.
Dict.).
Se"bate (s"b\ddt), n. (Chem.) A salt of sebacic acid.
Se*bes"ten (?), n. [Ar. sebestn the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten.] (Bot.) The
mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa,
and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of Cordia
Sebestana.