Definition of Sea purse

1. Noun. The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.

Exact synonyms: Sea Puss, Sea-poose, Sea-purse, Sea-puss, Undertow
Generic synonyms: Undercurrent, Undertide

Medical Definition of Sea purse

1. The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Purse

sea pig
sea pigeon
sea pigeons
sea pigs
sea pike
sea pincushion
sea pink
sea poacher
sea poker
sea poppy
sea porcupine
sea pork
sea power
sea pudding
sea puddings
sea purslane
sea puss
sea pye
sea rat
sea rats
sea raven
sea ravens
sea reed
sea robber
sea robin
sea rocket
sea room
sea rover
sea salmon

Literary usage of Sea purse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Also called sea-purse and sea-barrow. These cast's are frequently found on the sea-shore, and are called ..."

2. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"SEA-PURSE. See MERMAID'S PURSE. SEA-QUADRANT. The old name of Jacob's cross-staff. SEA-QUAKE. The tremulous motion and shock of an earthquake felt through ..."

3. Paragraph-writing: A Rhetoric for Colleges by Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny (1909)
"The other and greater danger of bathing is the largely unknown "sea-puss," or, as it is more properly termed, the " sea-purse." This condition of affairs ..."

4. Paragraph-writing: A Rhetoric for Colleges by Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny (1909)
"The other and greater danger of bathing is the largely unknown "sea-puss," or, as it is more properly termed, the " sea-purse." This condition of affairs ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... or Sea-purse; while another species with a narrow, long, branching form, but with fibres similarly entangled and woven, has been found on the coasts of ..."

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