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ˈsea-book
†1. A sea-log (see sea n. 23 a). Obs.
a1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts iii. (1704) 336/1 The Captain may require a Copy of the Sea Book from the Purser.
2. (See quot. 1883). Obs. exc. Hist.
1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 34 All arms, sea-books and instruments..is plunder. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 519/2 When the loxodromic maps came into existence, hand-books with sailing directions were written to accompany them, hence the titles ‘sailing directions’, ‘sea-books’,..or cartas da marear.
3. A book representing life at sea, etc. (sea n. 18 l).
1894Clark Russell in My First Book 30 It is the first sea book I ever wrote. |