Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The froth or foam of the sea.
- noun Seaweeds.
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Examples
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There was more, much more of this, -- a plenitude of eloquent sound, which seems to embody sublime ideas, but which, carefully examined, contains no more palpable substance than sea-froth.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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We were up to the neck in water; the bitter sea-froth choaked us.
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We were all up to the neck in water; the bitter sea-froth choked us.
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Gulls, whiter than sea-froth, drifted towards a wave with pointed wings.
DEVELOPMENT A NOVEL BY W. BRYHER WITH A PREFACE BY AMY LOWELL 1920
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Then it all blew away like sea-froth, and she shook with charming laughter.
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Heads were bent forward, eyes were shaded, and one impulse seemed to have moved the scattered crowd upon the foaming beach, and those who were standing knee-deep amongst the rushing sea-froth that ran up beyond them to the sand.
Menhardoc George Manville Fenn 1870
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Born out of the sea-froth of Voight’s severed genitals, Angie springs out of the ocean, fully grown, and is married off to ugly but skilled Hephaestos Billy Bob Thornton.
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