Sea willow Sea" wil"low (Zoology) A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Sea wing Sea" wing` (Zoology) A wing shell ( Avicula ).

Sea withwind Sea" with"wind` (Botany) A kind of bindweed ( Convolvulus Soldanella ) growing on the seacoast of Europe.

Sea wolf Sea" wolf` (Zoology) (a) The wolf fish. (b) The European sea perch. (c) The sea elephant. (d) A sea lion.

Sea wood louse Sea" wood" louse` (Zoology) A sea slater.

Sea woodcock Sea" wood"cock` (Zoology) The bar- tailed godwit.

Sea wormwood Sea" worm"wood` (Botany) A European species of wormwood ( Artemisia maritima ) growing by the sea.

Sea wrack Sea" wrack` (Botany) See Wrack .

Sea-bar Sea"-bar` noun (Zoology) A tern.

Sea-blubber Sea"-blub"ber noun (Zoology) A jellyfish.

Sea-bordering Sea"-bor"der·ing adjective Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea. Drayton.

Sea-born Sea"-born` adjective 1. Born of the sea; produced by the sea. "Neptune and his sea-born niece." Waller.

2. Born at sea.

Sea-built Sea"-built` adjective Built at, in, or by the sea.

Sea-ear Sea"-ear` (sē"ēr`) noun (Zoology) Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis . See Abalone .

Sea-gate, Sea-gait Sea"-gate`, Sea"-gait` noun A long, rolling swell of the sea. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Sea-green Sea"-green` adjective Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.

Sea-island Sea"-is`land adjective Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.

Sea-maid Sea"-maid` noun 1. The mermaid.

2. A sea nymph.

Sea-mail Sea"-mail` noun [ Sea + (perhaps) Mall Mally, for Mary ; hence, Prov. English mally a hare.] (Zoology) A gull; the mew.

Sea-mell Sea"-mell` noun (Zoology) The sea mew.

Sea-orb Sea"-orb` noun (Zoology) A globefish.

Sea-pen Sea"-pen" noun (Zoology) A pennatula.

Sea-roving Sea"-rov"ing adjective Cruising at random on the ocean.

Sea-walled Sea"-walled` adjective Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as if by a wall. Shak.

Seabeach Sea"beach` noun A beach lying along the sea. "The bleak seabeach ." Longfellow.

Seabeard Sea"beard` noun (Botany) A green seaweed ( Cladophora rupestris ) growing in dense tufts.

Seaboard Sea"board` noun [ Sea + board , French bord side.] The seashore; seacoast. Ld. Berners.

Seaboard Sea"board` adjective Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town.

Seaboard Sea"board` adverb Toward the sea. [ R.]

Seaboat Sea"boat` [ Anglo-Saxon sǣbāt .] 1. A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat .

2. (Zoology) A chiton.

Seabord Sea"bord` noun & adjective See Seaboard .

Seabound Sea"bound` adjective Bounded by the sea.

Seacoast Sea"coast` noun The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

Seafarer Sea"far`er noun [ Sea + fare .] One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.

Seafaring Sea"far`ing adjective Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

Seagirt Sea"girt` adjective Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle. Milton.

Seagoing Sea"go`ing adjective Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river , as applied to vessels.

Seah Se"ah noun A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an ephah.

Seak Seak noun Soap prepared for use in milling cloth.

Seal Seal (sēl) noun [ Middle English sele , Anglo-Saxon seolh ; akin to Old High German selah , Danish sæl , Swedish själ , Icelandic selr .] (Zoology) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ .

» Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion , sea leopard , sea bear , or ursine seal , fur seal , and sea elephant . The bearded seal ( Erignathus barbatus ), the hooded seal ( Cystophora cristata ), and the ringed seal ( Phoca fœtida ), are northern species. See also Eared seal , Harp seal , Monk seal , and Fur seal , under Eared , Harp , Monk , and Fur . Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant.

Harbor seal (Zoology) , the common seal ( Phoca vitulina ). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal , native seal , river seal , bay seal , land seal , sea calf , sea cat , sea dog , dotard , ranger , selchie , tangfish .

Seal Seal noun [ Middle English seel , Old French seel , French sceau , from Latin sigillum a little figure or image, a seal, dim. of signum a mark, sign, figure, or image. See Sign , noun , and confer Sigil .] 1. An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

2. Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal .

Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond
Thou but offend'st thy lungs to speak so loud.

Shak.

3. That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

4. That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance. "Under the seal of silence." Milton.

Like a red seal is the setting sun
On the good and the evil men have done.

Longfellow.

5. An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.

Great seal . See under Great . -- Privy seal . See under Privy , adjective -- Seal lock , a lock in which the keyhole is covered by a seal in such a way that the lock can not be opened without rupturing the seal. -- Seal manual . See under Manual , adjective -- Seal ring , a ring having a seal engraved on it, or ornamented with a device resembling a seal; a signet ring. Shak.

Seal Seal transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sealed ; present participle & verbal noun Sealing .] [ Middle English selen ; confer Old French seeler , seieler , French sceller , Late Latin sigillare . See Seal a stamp.] 1. To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

And with my hand I seal my true heart's love.

Shak.

2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.

3. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.

4. Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.

Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum".

Shak.

5. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like. Gwilt.

6. To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal , 5.

7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. [ Utah, U.S.]

If a man once married desires a second helpmate . . . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church.

H. Stansbury.

Seal Seal intransitive verb To affix one's seal, or a seal. [ Obsolete]

I will seal unto this bond.

Shak.

Seal-brown Seal"-brown` adjective Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.

Sealer Seal"er noun One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.

Sealer Sealer noun A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

Sealgh, Selch Sealgh, Selch noun . (Zoology) A seal. [ Scotch]

Sealing wax Seal"ing wax` A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

Sealskin Seal"skin` noun The skin of a seal; the pelt of a seal prepared for use, esp. of the fur seal; also, a garment made of this material.

Seam Seam (sēm) noun [ See Saim .] Grease; tallow; lard. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] Shak. Dryden.

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