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Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. Shak. You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life. J. Burroughs.

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. Shak.

See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.

See Open-hearth steel, under Open.

A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf. [Written also cimar, cymar, samare, simare.]

See Simar. Sir W. Scott.

See 1st Hag, 4.

The emerald. [Obs.] Bale.

Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.

A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.

nt local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart. Chaucer. Shak.

To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. [Colloq.] She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black.

To waste away. [Prov. Eng.]

In a smart manner.

The quality or state of being smart.

An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.

An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.

The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.

Situated under the mammæ; as, submammary inflammation.

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants. Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. -- Submarine cable. See Te…