2. Noun. (archaic) A seal (marine mammal), or a similar design in heraldry. ¹
3. Noun. dogfish ¹
4. Noun. (uncommon) An omen of bad luck. ¹
5. Noun. (uncommon) A white-topped wave in an estuary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seadog
1. a fogbow [n -S] - See also: fogbow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seadog
Literary usage of Seadog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of the holy Bible, with an intr., additional notes and by Thomas Stackhouse (1836)
"For the whale, as we are told has neither teeth nor tusta. whereas the seadog
has four or five rows of teeth in >.. jaw, and is therefore the much properer ..."
2. The Literary History of Spanish America by Alfred Coester (1916)
"It seems strange that a seadog should write verses, but the man had a truly poetic
faculty, and was dubbed by his acquaintances the "Swan of the Lake. ..."
3. The Literary History of Spanish America by Alfred Coester (1916)
"A wandering wolf the old seadog; Brazilian suns have tanned his skin; Typhoons
in China, fierce and wild, Have seen him drink his flask of gin. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"seadog, (se'-dog) nt Perhaps the shark SEAFARER,' (se'-fa-rer) n. ». A traveller
by sea , a mariner. SEAFARING, (se'-fa-ring) a. Travelling by sea. ..."
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