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The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

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

, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.

upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] Totten.

A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.

A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.

A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.

fully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war. -- Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted,…

Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. Totten.

One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.

characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.

A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

on in smallpox. -- Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased. -- Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet. -- Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them as such, bu…

Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. -- n.

ick (Zoöl.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color. -- Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp. -- Seed weevil (Zoöl.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of various plants. -- Seed wool, c…

A vessel in which a sower carries the seed to be scattered. [Prov. Eng.]

The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. [Written also scend.] W. C. Russell. "The send of the sea". Longfellow.

inging food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. Hakewill.

A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean. [Written also setee.]