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   Ocean , n. [F. océan, L. oceanus, Gr. ὠκεανός ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
   The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.
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   Like the odor of brine from the ocean
   Comes the thought of other years.
   Longfellow.
   
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   One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
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   An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
   Locke.
   
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   You're gonna need an ocean
   Of calamine lotion.
   Lieber & Stoller (Poison Ivy: song lyrics, 1994)
   
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   Sea , n. [OE. see, AS. sǣ; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. sēo, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. sö, Sw. sjö, Icel. saer, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus fierce, savage. √151a.]
   One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
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   An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
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   The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
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   I marvel how the fishes live in the sea.
   Shak.
   
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   Ambiguous between sea and land
   The river horse and scaly crocodile.
   Milton.
   
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   The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion or agitation of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
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   (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
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   He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof.
   2 Chron. iv. 2.
   
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   Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
   Shak.
   
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   All the space . . . was one sea of heads.
   Macaulay.
   
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   ☞ Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is also used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn.
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   At sea, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances. “To say the old man was at sea would be too feeble an expression.” G. W. Cable -- At full sea at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. “But now God's mercy was at full sea.” Jer. Taylor. -- Beyond seas, or Beyond the sea or Beyond the seas (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country. Wharton. -- Half seas over, half drunk. [Colloq.] Spectator. -- Heavy sea, a sea in which the waves run high. -- Long sea, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves. -- Short sea, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. -- To go to sea, to adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor.
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