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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The disturbed state of the sea after a gale, when, the wind having changed, the sea still runs in its old direction.
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18° N. we had a _counter-sea_ from the north, having in the same latitude, on our last voyage, encountered a similar sea from the south, both times in very calm weather.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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