SEA

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 41

In Geography, a part of the great ocean. See Ocean Tides. i Sea. The term used by sailors for a single wave, or for general agitation. In a long sea, the waves are distant; in a short sea, they are closer and more upright: a. cro tea is composed of waves moving in different directions. 1097 SEAMAN. [s. 1110]