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he common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife.

Same as Sea letter.

A chiton.

A pteropod.

See Sea kale, under Kale.

The common seal.

The beluga, or white whale.

The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

Mariner's card, or compass.

The wolf fish.

A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.

y plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.

Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridæ, as the common American species. (Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.

Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land. Sea-coal facing (Founding), facing consisting of pulverized bituminous coal.

The black-backed gull.

cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.

obed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.

A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.

Sea cabbage.

The mariner's compass. See under Compass.