ground-sean.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., sea n.

Etymology: < ground n. + sea n.

A heavy sea in which large waves rise and dash upon the coast without apparent cause.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > rough sea

water floodOE

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sugar-loaf sea1852

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 247/2 He met with so great a Storm and Ground Seas.

1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 642 A rumbling noise was heard, like that which usually precedes what the sailors call a ground-sea.

1835 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 28 On, through the ground-sea, shove!

1865 Englishman's Mag. Oct. 296 A heavy ground-sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	ground-sea
释义	ground-sean. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., sea n. Etymology: < ground n. + sea n. A heavy sea in which large waves rise and dash upon the coast without apparent cause. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > rough sea water floodOE ground-seaa1642 sea1753 seaway1840 sugar-loaf sea1852 a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 247/2 He met with so great a Storm and Ground Seas. 1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 642 A rumbling noise was heard, like that which usually precedes what the sailors call a ground-sea. 1835 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 28 On, through the ground-sea, shove! 1865 Englishman's Mag. Oct. 296 A heavy ground-sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1642
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