| sea-mail | <zoology> A gull; the mew. Origin: Sea + (perhaps) Mall Mally, for Mary; hence, Prov. E. Mally a hare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sea-mell | <zoology> The sea mew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea-orb | <zoology> A globefish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea-pen | <zoology> A pennatula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seabeard | <botany> A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seaboat | 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. <zoology> A chitin. Origin: AS. Saebat. (01 Mar 1998) |
| seafood | Marine fish and shellfish used as food or suitable for food. (webster, 3d ed) shellfish and fish products are more specific types of seafood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| seal | 1. To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed. "And with my hand I seal my true heart's love." (Shak) 2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware. 3. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter. 4. Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret. "Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum"." (Shak) 5. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like. 6. To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See Seal. 7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. "If a man once married desires a second helpmate . . . She is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church." (H. Stansbury) Origin: OE. Selen; cf. OF. Seeler, seieler, F. Sceller, LL. Sigillare. See Seal a stamp. <zoology> Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae. Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal (Cystophora crustata), and the ringed seal (Phoca foetida), are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant. <zoology> Harbor seal, the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers. Synonym: marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish. Origin: OE. Sele, AS. Seolh; akin to OHG. Selah, Dan. Sael, Sw. Sjal, Icel. Selr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seal fingers | An infection caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae that is almost wholly restricted to persons who in their occupation handle infected fish, shellfish, poultry, or meat. Three forms of this condition exist: a mild localised form manifested by local swelling and redness of the skin; a diffuse form that might present with fever; and a rare systemic form associated with endocarditis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| seal-fin deformity | Deflection outward of the fingers in rheumatoid arthritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sealant | A material used to effect an airtight closure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sealed jar technique | A technique for producing suspended animation in small experimental animals, consisting of sealing the animal in a jar which is then refrigerated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seam | Origin: OE. Seem, seam, AS. Seam; akin to D. Zoom, OHG. Soum, G. Saum, LG. Soom, Icel. Saumr, Sw. & Dan. Som, and E. Sew. See Sew to fasten with thread. 1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather. 2. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc. "Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . That no coarse seam may discover where they join." (Addison) 3. <geology> A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal. 4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. Seam blast, a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. Seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges. Synonym: seaming lace. Seam presser. <agriculture> A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. Seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seaman | A merman; the male of the mermaid. "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seamark | Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |