Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sea-barrow, or sea-pincushion; a skate-barrow. See cut under mermaid's-purse.
- n. A swirl of the undertow making a small whirlpool on the surface of the water; a local outward current, dangerous to bathers. Also called sea-pouce and sea-puss.
Wiktionary
- n. The egg case of skate, shark or ratfish; a mermaid's purse.
- n. The sea bean Dioclea reflexa.
- n. rare Alternative form of sea puss.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
Etymologies
- Alteration of sea puss. (Wiktionary)
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sea-purse’.
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See cut under
A list of words with definitions directing us to "see cut under" (or "see cut at") another definition (with hilarity occasionally ensuing).
Compare compare-cut-under.spider, scorpion, spoonbill, spur, tooth, feather, gnat, beard, gyrate, astragal, jog, countercheck and 92 more...
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Waves and Waveforms
wave, brainwave, soliton, traveling wave, tidal wave, transverse wave, capillary wave, cats' paws, alpha wave, light wave, microwave, acoustic wave and 314 more...
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First I Look at the Purse
purse, Purse, purses, pursed, First I Look at t..., purse money, purse-crew, purse-gang, purser, pursers, coin purse, purse-seine and 39 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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Fanciful Names for Marine Invertebrates
And other remnants of the sea.
mermaid's-egg, mermaid's-purse, sailor's-purse, sailor's-pocket, skate-barrow, sea-barrow, pixy-purse, sea-pincushion, sea-purse, crow-purse, mermaid's-head, medusa's-head and 32 more...
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