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ˈsea-ground †1. The bottom of the sea (cf. ground n. 1 a).
Beowulf 564 Sægrunde neah. c1220Bestiary 517 in O.E. Misc. 16 Ðis fis wuneð wið ðe se grund. a1300Cursor M. 20952 A dai and of a night to stound He [Paul] was stad atte see ground. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 640 The ankir... To þe se gronde doune slypp. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. 34 The ship..sunke sodainely to the Sea-ground. 2. pl. ? Land covered at high tide by the sea.
1826Barnewall & Cresswell K.B. Rep. IV. 486 The messuage,..sea-grounds, oyster-layings [etc.]. Ibid. 491 The words sea-grounds, by themselves, would have been sufficient to pass the right of soil in the shore. |