seawayn.

Forms: see sea n. and way n.¹ and int.¹ Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., way n.¹

Etymology: < sea n. + way n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈseaway.

a. A way over the sea; the sea as a means of communication; the open sea. Also (nonce-use) a channel made for the sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > ocean, open sea, or deep sea

room seaeOE

seawaya1000

the deepc1000

deptha1382

oceana1387

mid-sea?a1425

profound?a1425

main seaa1530

high seas1566

main1579

main flood1596

the deep1598

deep sea1626

dipsey1626

mid-ocean1697

blue water1803

haaf1809

salt chuck1868

wide1916

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > sailing route

seawaya1000

fairwayc1474

navigationa1544

trade way1589

roadwaya1608

ocean lane1864

sea-lane1878

sea-road1893

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea-path or -way

seawaya1000

ocean line1851

a1000 Ags. Ps. viii. 8 Fleogende fuglas, and sæ~fiscas, þa farað geond þa sæ-wegas. [L. qui perambulant semitas maris.]

c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. xxxiii. 80 From thens thay wentten to lysmore,..robbeden & prayeden, & by the see wey senten many grete prayes to Watyrford.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 323 We passed beyond the protection of the straits into the open seaway.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 432 The graceful craft, leaning to the..south wind, swept forth towards the sea-way.

1891 J. Winsor Columbus App. 641 Sebastian Münster, in his maps..makes a clear seaway to the Moluccas somewhere in the latitude of the Strait of Belle Isle.

b. An artificial or natural channel connecting two tracts of sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun]

meatusc1425

channel1427

canal1542

tide-gate1589

euripe1600

Euripus1601

interflow1610

sleeve1614

tides-way1627

gat1723

tideway1798

lane1835

seaway1866

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > navigable channel through shoals, etc.

channel1536

thoroughfare1598

swatch1626

traversea1645

pilot water1653

swash1694

pass1698

waterway1759

water lane1779

swatchway1798

fairwater1802

swash-way1839

water gate1850

stoach-way1853

seaway1866

swash channel1885

1866 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 5/4 Xerxes cut a sea-way through Mount Athos.

1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 222/1 Towards the close of the period the old seaway of Tethys was progressively eliminated as the African plate moved northwards to impinge upon the Asian plate.

c. An inland waterway with passage to the sea, esp. one capable of accommodating large ocean-going vessels. North American (chiefly in St. Lawrence Seaway).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway

waterwaya1387

fosse1601

riverway1701

navigation1720

navigation branch1778

silent highway1841

igarape1853

seaway1921

cruiseway1967

1921 A. M. Evans in Chicago Tribune 4 Aug. 21/7 Coastwise trade between Chicago and Atlantic ports..stands second only to the foreign commerce possibilities offered by the St. Lawrence seaway project.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 23 June 3/1 (heading) Lakes-to-the-Gulf seaway dedicated... The joining of the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico..by a $102,000,000 inland waterway was completed officially today.

1941 F. D. Roosevelt in Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin: Hearings (1942) I. 2 I recommend authorization of construction of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project, pursuant to the agreement of March 19, 1941, with Canada, as an integral part of the joint defense of the North American continent.

1959 Times 27 June 6/5 The royal yacht Britannia..entered the 2,300-mile St. Lawrence Seaway to mark the ceremonial opening of that great engineering project.

1968 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 910/2 The broader concept of the ‘seaway’, and one which is in general usage, includes the entire system of lakes, locks, canals, and rivers which have converted over 6,600 mi. (10,621 km.) of mainland Great Lakes shore line of the United States and Canada into another seacoast.

1976 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) 24 June i. 1/2 An oil spill that stretched 15 miles along the St. Lawrence Seaway.

2. ‘The progress of a ship through the waves’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867).

ΚΠ

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 145 Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail, Right on ye scud your sea-way.

3. A rough sea. Usually in a seaway (said of a ship).

ΘΚΠ

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

water floodOE

ground-seaa1642

sea1753

seaway1840

sugar-loaf sea1852

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 181/2 The effects of a sea-way upon the Eddystone or Bell Rock.

c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 62 Weights at the extremities cause a ship to be uneasy in a sea-way.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea-way,..said when a vessel is in an open place where the sea is rolling heavily.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxiii. 184 The coracle..was a very safe boat..both buoyant and clever in a seaway.

4. attributive.

ΚΠ

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea-way measurer, a kind of self-registering log invented by Smeaton. [The term is not used in Smeaton's paper, Phil. Trans. XLVIII. (1754) 532.]

1907 Daily Chron. 6 Dec. 6/4 The Nantucket Lightship, warning seaway travellers of a deadly shoal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seaway
释义	seawayn. Forms: see sea n. and way n.¹ and int.¹ Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., way n.¹ Etymology: < sea n. + way n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈseaway. 1. a. A way over the sea; the sea as a means of communication; the open sea. Also (nonce-use) a channel made for the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > ocean, open sea, or deep sea room seaeOE seawaya1000 the deepc1000 deptha1382 oceana1387 mid-sea?a1425 profound?a1425 main seaa1530 high seas1566 main1579 main flood1596 the deep1598 deep sea1626 dipsey1626 mid-ocean1697 blue water1803 haaf1809 salt chuck1868 wide1916 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > sailing route seawaya1000 fairwayc1474 navigationa1544 trade way1589 roadwaya1608 ocean lane1864 sea-lane1878 sea-road1893 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea-path or -way seawaya1000 ocean line1851 a1000 Ags. Ps. viii. 8 Fleogende fuglas, and sæ~fiscas, þa farað geond þa sæ-wegas. [L. qui perambulant semitas maris.] c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. xxxiii. 80 From thens thay wentten to lysmore,..robbeden & prayeden, & by the see wey senten many grete prayes to Watyrford. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 323 We passed beyond the protection of the straits into the open seaway. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 432 The graceful craft, leaning to the..south wind, swept forth towards the sea-way. 1891 J. Winsor Columbus App. 641 Sebastian Münster, in his maps..makes a clear seaway to the Moluccas somewhere in the latitude of the Strait of Belle Isle. b. An artificial or natural channel connecting two tracts of sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] meatusc1425 channel1427 canal1542 tide-gate1589 euripe1600 Euripus1601 interflow1610 sleeve1614 tides-way1627 gat1723 tideway1798 lane1835 seaway1866 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > navigable channel through shoals, etc. channel1536 thoroughfare1598 swatch1626 traversea1645 pilot water1653 swash1694 pass1698 waterway1759 water lane1779 swatchway1798 fairwater1802 swash-way1839 water gate1850 stoach-way1853 seaway1866 swash channel1885 1866 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 5/4 Xerxes cut a sea-way through Mount Athos. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 222/1 Towards the close of the period the old seaway of Tethys was progressively eliminated as the African plate moved northwards to impinge upon the Asian plate. c. An inland waterway with passage to the sea, esp. one capable of accommodating large ocean-going vessels. North American (chiefly in St. Lawrence Seaway). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway waterwaya1387 fosse1601 riverway1701 navigation1720 navigation branch1778 silent highway1841 igarape1853 seaway1921 cruiseway1967 1921 A. M. Evans in Chicago Tribune 4 Aug. 21/7 Coastwise trade between Chicago and Atlantic ports..stands second only to the foreign commerce possibilities offered by the St. Lawrence seaway project. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 23 June 3/1 (heading) Lakes-to-the-Gulf seaway dedicated... The joining of the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico..by a $102,000,000 inland waterway was completed officially today. 1941 F. D. Roosevelt in Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin: Hearings (1942) I. 2 I recommend authorization of construction of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project, pursuant to the agreement of March 19, 1941, with Canada, as an integral part of the joint defense of the North American continent. 1959 Times 27 June 6/5 The royal yacht Britannia..entered the 2,300-mile St. Lawrence Seaway to mark the ceremonial opening of that great engineering project. 1968 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 910/2 The broader concept of the ‘seaway’, and one which is in general usage, includes the entire system of lakes, locks, canals, and rivers which have converted over 6,600 mi. (10,621 km.) of mainland Great Lakes shore line of the United States and Canada into another seacoast. 1976 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) 24 June i. 1/2 An oil spill that stretched 15 miles along the St. Lawrence Seaway. 2. ‘The progress of a ship through the waves’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867). ΚΠ 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 145 Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail, Right on ye scud your sea-way. 3. A rough sea. Usually in a seaway (said of a ship). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > rough sea water floodOE ground-seaa1642 sea1753 seaway1840 sugar-loaf sea1852 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 181/2 The effects of a sea-way upon the Eddystone or Bell Rock. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 62 Weights at the extremities cause a ship to be uneasy in a sea-way. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea-way,..said when a vessel is in an open place where the sea is rolling heavily. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxiii. 184 The coracle..was a very safe boat..both buoyant and clever in a seaway. 4. attributive. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea-way measurer, a kind of self-registering log invented by Smeaton. [The term is not used in Smeaton's paper, Phil. Trans. XLVIII. (1754) 532.] 1907 Daily Chron. 6 Dec. 6/4 The Nantucket Lightship, warning seaway travellers of a deadly shoal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1000
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