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Virg. Georg. lib. i., and Plin. lib. xviii. c. 35.

SEA-HARE. _Aplysia_, a molluscous animal.

SEA-HEN. A name of the fish _Trigla lyra_, or _crooner_ (which see).

SEA-HOG. A common name for the porpoise, _Phoc[oe]na communis_.

SEA-HORSE. A name for the walrus, _Trichecus rosmarus_. Also, the
_hippocampus_ (which see).

SEA-ICE. Ice within which there is a separation from the land.

SEAL [from the Anglo-Saxon _seolh_]. The well-known marine piscivorous
animal.

SEA-LAKE. Synonymous with _lagoon_ (which see).

SEA-LAWS. The codes relating to the sea; as, the laws of Rhodes, Oleron,
Wisbuy, &c.

SEA-LAWYER. An idle litigious 'longshorer, more given to question orders
than to obey them. One of the pests of the navy as well as of the
mercantile marine. Also, a name given to the tiger-shark.

SEALED ORDERS. Secret and sealed until the circumstances arise which
authorize their being opened and acted on. Often given to prevent
officers from divulging the point to which they are ordered.

SEA-LEGS. Implies the power to walk steadily on a ship's decks,
notwithstanding her pitching or rolling.

SEA-LETTER. _See_ PASSPORT.

SEA-LION. A large seal of the genus _Otaria_, distinguished from the
sea-bear, to which it otherwise has a great resemblance, by the shaggy
mane on its neck and shoulders.

SEA-LOG. That part of the log-book relating to whatever happens while
the ship is at sea.

SEA-LUMP. _See_ LUMP.

SEAM. The sewing together of two edges of canvas, which should have
about 110 stitches in every yard of length. Also, the identical
Anglo-Saxon word for a horse-load of 8 bushels, and much looked to in
carrying fresh fish from the coast. Also, the opening between the edges
of the planks in the decks and sides of a ship; these are filled with a
quantity of oakum and pitch, to prevent the entrance of water. (_See_
CAULKING.)

SEA-MALL. A name for a sea-gull.

SEAMAN. This is a term seldom bestowed among seafaring men upon their
associates, unless they are known to be pre-eminent in every duty of the
thorough-paced tar; one who never issues a command which he is not
competent to execute himself, and is deemed an authority on every matter
relating to sea-craft.--The _able seaman_ is the seafaring man who knows
all the duties of common seamanship, as to rig, steer, reef, furl, take
the lead, and implicitly carry out the orders given, in a seamanlike
manner. His rating is A.B.; pay in the navy, 24_s._ to 27