Sea bank
(Sea" bank`)
1. The seashore. Shak.
2. A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
Sea-bar
(Sea"-bar`) n. (Zoöl.) A tern.
Sea barrow
(Sea" bar"row) (Zoöl.) A sea purse.
Sea bass
(Sea" bass`). (Zoöl.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus, or Centropristis, atrarius) which
abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less
varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish,
bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); — called also white sea bass,
and sea salmon.
Sea bat
(Sea" bat`) (Zoöl.) See Batfish (a).
Seabeach
(Sea"beach`) n. A beach lying along the sea. "The bleak seabeach." Longfellow.
Sea bean
(Sea" bean) (Bot.) Same as Florida bean.
Sea bear
(Sea" bear`) (Zoöl.) (a) Any fur seal. See under Fur. (b) The white bear.
Seabeard
(Sea"beard`) n. (Bot.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
Sea beast
(Sea" beast`) (Zoöl.) Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean.
Sea bird
(Sea" bird`) (Zoöl.) Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
Sea blite
(Sea" blite`) (Bot.) A plant (Suæda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marshes.
Sea-blubber
(Sea"-blub"ber) n. (Zoöl.) A jellyfish.
Seaboard
(Sea"board`) n. [Sea + board, F. bord side.] The seashore; seacoast. Ld. Berners.
Seaboard
(Sea"board`), a. Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard
town.
Seaboard
(Sea"board`), adv. Toward the sea. [R.]
Seaboat
(Sea"boat`) [AS. s&aemacrbat.]
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. (Zoöl.) A chiton.
Seabord
(Sea"bord`) n. & a. See Seaboard.
Sea-bordering
(Sea"-bor"der*ing) a. Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea. Drayton.
Sea-born
(Sea"-born`) a.
1. Born of the sea; produced by the sea. "Neptune and his sea-born niece." Waller.
2. Born at sea.
