Sea

(sē.) [A.S. Sr.] (Geog.) A term sometimes applied to the ocean, or that vast tract of water encompa ing the whole globe; but more properly, to a particular part or division of the ocean; as the Irish Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Sea of Marmora, the Black Sea, the Baltic, . See OCEAN.-(Naut.) In sailors' parlance, a long sea is one in which the waves form themselves into rollers, the crests of which are at some distance from each other. A short sea, one in which the waves chop about in a jerky, irregular manner, causing the ship to pitch much. A cro sea is when a change of wind or current sends one ma of waves into direct collision with another body caused by the swell ofa previous storm. [s. 808] Sea -anemone. (Bot.) See ACTINIDAE. Sea -anemone. (Bot.) See ACTINIDAE. [s. 808]