Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A swell of the sea occurring in a calm, and with no other indication of a previous gale.
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Examples
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During the afternoon, a ground-sea crept into the bay, silently rolling in like an unbidden unannounced guest who will not name his business.
A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900
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Of the wave when it runs with tossing spray, and the ground-sea rattles of Death;
The Seven Whistlers 1895
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