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face; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.

A boy employed on shipboard.

An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.

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.

One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman. Able seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship. -- ordinary seaman. See…

The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.

An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.

t for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.

Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. Dryden.

etting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.

To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

The rolling or agitation of a ship in a sterm. [Obs.] Sandys.

To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. Totten. To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought.

Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. Shipley.

To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope.

To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition. [Written also shanghae.] [Slang, U.S.]

in number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. [Written also sheers.]

something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.