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ˈsea-beast
A beast living in the sea.
c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1644 Se bestys serued him at hande. 1667Milton P.L. i. 200 That Sea-beast Leviathan. 1849M. Arnold Forsaken Merman 39 Where the sea-beasts rang'd all round Feed in the ooze of their pasture-ground.
transf.1695Congreve Love for L. i. iv, If he be but as great a Sea-Beast, as she is a Land-Monster, we shall have a most Amphibious Breed. |