Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cap made to be worn at sea.
- noun A basket-shaped sponge which sometimes attains great size, found in Florida.
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Examples
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First, moving with all care, I gradually bailed out the coracle with my sea-cap; then getting my eye once more above the gunwale, I set myself to study how it was she managed to slip so quietly through the rollers.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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He was a retired sea-cap - tain, of the ruthless type that knocks a man down with a belaying-pin, and he made his attack on me in a characteristically
The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929
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Among those I most loved were two widely differing types -- Captain Doane, a retired sea-cap - tain, and Relief Paine, an invalid chained to her couch, but whose beautiful influence permeated the community like an atmosphere.
The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929
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"What would you do, Captain Wilder?" interrupted the mate, laying his hand on the shoulder of his commander, who had already thrown his sea-cap on the deck, and was preparing to divest himself of some of his outer garments.
Great Sea Stories Various 1897
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First, moving with all care, I gradually baled out the coracle with my sea-cap; then, getting my eye once more above the gunwale, I set myself to study how it was she managed to slip so quietly through the rollers.
Treasure Island 1883
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With her wraps on her arm and her sea-cap in her hand, she stood clinging to the rail-post.
The Kentons William Dean Howells 1878
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He had tossed his false beard overboard and tied a sea-cap with ear-flaps upon his head.
The Midnight Passenger : a novel Richard Savage 1874
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Doffing his sea-cap with the manners of a man accustomed to the world, he bowed to the young lady, and then addressed the captain.
The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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As he spoke, he rose in the boat, and lifting his leathern sea-cap from his head, stroked back the thick clusters of black locks which shadowed his sun-burnt countenance, while he viewed his little vessel with the complacency of a seaman who was proud of her qualities.
The Pilot 1823
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As he spoke, he rose in the boat, and lifting his leathern sea-cap from his head, stroked back the thick clusters of black locks which shadowed his sun-burnt countenance, while he viewed his little vessel with the complacency of a seaman who was proud of her qualities.
The Pilot James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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