sealgh (selch)

[Also selch, silch; Ye needna turn away your head sae sourly, like a sealgh when he leaves the shore. Scott, Pirate, ix. in seal-hook (sēl'hûk), n. An iron hook inserted the hasp of a railway freight-car door, fastened with a wire, and sealed, to secure the door. sea-light (se'līt), n. A light to guide mariners during the night. See lighthouse, harbor- light. sea-lily (sē'lil i), n. A living crinoid; a lily star; a feather-star. The fo il encrinites are commonly distinguished as stone - lilies. sea-line (sē'lin), n. 1. The horizon at sea; the line where sea and sky seem to meet. Her face was evermore unseen And fixt upon the far sea - line . Tennyson, The Voyage. A strange sight, and a beautiful, to see the fleet put silently out against a rising moon, the sea - line rough as a wood with sails. R. L. Stevens on, Education of an Engineer. 2. pl. Long lines used for fishing in deep water. At first there was a talk of getting sea lines and going W. Black, In Far Lochaber, xiii. after the bream.