Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Sea-dew.
  • noun Rosemary.
  • noun The walrus: formerly imagined as a sea-monster which climbed cliffs to feed on dew.
  • Pertaining or relating to the walruses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.
  • noun obsolete Dew from the sea; sea dew.
  • noun obsolete Rosemary.

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