sea airn.
The air above or in the neighbourhood of the sea; air containing saline or gaseous matter derived from sea-water.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air in any specific place or at specific time > near the sea
sea air1686
1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature vii. 318 Most persons, the first time they go to sea,..are, by the unwonted agitations,..(assisted perhaps by the sea-air..) cast into that disease..called the sea-sickness.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 2 Joseph Acosta ascribes it [this sickness] to the Sea-Air.
1795 S. T. Coleridge Refl. Place Retirem. 67 And myrtles fearless of the mild sea-air.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. v. 110 The advice of her physicians to try the effect of sea-air and sea-bathing.
1897 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin ii. iii The English lady..has gone to live at Carnarvon to get the sea air.
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