seabird (seberd)

A marine or pelagic webfooted bird; a sea-fowl: a name of no specific application. bread. 2. A bank or mole to defend against the sea. sea-bar (sē'bär), n. The sea-swallow or tern. sea-barley (sē bär'li), n. See Hordeum. sea-barrow (se'baro), n. The egg-case of a ray or skate: so called from its shape, like that of a hand-barrow: same as mermaid's - purse. sea-basket (sē'basket), n. Same as basket- sea-biscuit (sē'bisk it), n. Ship-biscuit; sease a-ba (sē'bas), n. 1. A fish of the family sea-blite (sē'blit), n. See blite2. Serranidæ, Centropristis furvus, distinguished sea-blubber (se'blubèr), n. An acaleph or by its peculiar caudal fin and its conspicuous sea-nettle; a jellyfish; a sea-jelly. Also sea blub. See cuts under acaleph and Discophora. seaboard (sēʼbōrd), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also sea - bord; Sea-ba (Centropristis furvus). II. a . Bordering on or adjoining the sea. There shall a Lion from the sea - bord wood Of Neustria come roaring. sea-boat (sēʼbōt), n. Spenser , F. Q., III. iii. 47. 1. A ve el considered with reference to her sea-going qualities or behavior at sea: as, a good or a bad sea - boat. 2. A sea-bug. sea-bookt (se'búk), n. An old name for a nautical map. See the quotation. When the loxodromic maps first came into existence, hand-books with sailing directions were written to accompany them; hence the titles "sailing-directions," "sea books ," portulan i (by which word actual maps were afterwards meant), or cartas da marear. Encyc. Brit., XV. 519. sea-bordt, n. and a. An obsolete form of sea board . sea-bordering (sē'border-ing), a. or lying on the sea. colors, the body being brown or black and more or le mottled with pale longitudinal stripes along the rows of scales. It is one of the most common fishes in the New York markets, and is locally called black sea- ba , black perch, blackfish, blue ba , and bluefish. 2. A sciænoid fish, Cynoscion nobilis, related to the weakfish of the eastern United States, but much larger. It occurs along the coast of California, where it is also called white sea - ba , and sea - salmon.-3. The sturgeon, Acipenser trans montan us. Jordan and Gilbert. [Pacific coast, U. S.] -4. Same as drum1, 11 (c). sea-bat (se'bat), n. 1. A fish of the family Platacidæ. See cut under Platax.-2. A maltheoid fish, Malthe vespertilio: same as bat - fish, 1. sea-bean (sē'bēn), n. 1. The seed of a leguminous climbing plant, Entada scandens, growing in the tropics of both hemispheres, and remarkable for the size of its pods. (See simitar- sea-borne (sē'born), a. pod.) The seeds or beans are some two inches broad and half an inch thick, have a hard polished exterior, and are often converted into trinkets. They are sometimes carried by ocean currents to the shores of Scotland and Norway. 2. One of numerous different species of small univalve shells of the family Triviidæ, as Trivia pediculus of the West Indies, T. californica, etc. These somewhat resemble coffee-beans in size and shape, but are of various pretty colors, as pink, and used for ornamental purposes, fancy shellwork, etc. 3. The operculum or lid of the aperture of any shell of the family Turbinidæ, as the common Turbo pharaonis of the East Indies. These objects *vary in size with the several species, and are of different colors, as red, green, brown, etc., or variegated. They are thick, solid, and somewhat stony, generally plano-convex, the flat side showing sub spiral lines, the other smooth. They are gathered and sold in large quantities for various superstitious and imaginary medicinal purposes, being worn about the neck as amulets or carried in the pocket as "lucky stones." They are also polished and used for watch-charms, jewelry-settings, etc. sea-bear (sēʼbar), n. 1. The white or polar bear, Ursus or Thala arctos maritimus . See cut under bear2 .-2. The fur-seal Call or hin us ur- sinus , of the North Pacific, which affords the sealskin of commerce. (See fur - seal .) The name is also common to the various smaller otaries or fur-seals of southern and antarctic waters (species of Arctocepha- lus ), as distinguished from the larger hair-seals called sea- 3. See seiche . lions. IMG:content-0426.png:[blocks in formation] Like Neptune and his sea - born niece, shall be The shining glories of the land and sea. Waller, To My Lord Admiral. Carried on the sea. This ordinance regulates, in five clauses, the sale of the common sea - borne articles of food. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 342.