Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The white or polar bear, Ursus or Thalassarctos maritimus. See cut under
bear . - noun The fur-seal Callorhinus ursinus, of the North Pacific, which affords the sealskin of commerce. (See
fur-seal .) - noun See
seiche .
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Examples
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The temperature was very low; the thermometer exposed to the air marked 2° or 3° below zero, but we were warmly clad with fur, at the expense of the sea-bear and seal.
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It sails into icy caverns where the sea-bear barks and stalactites swing green chains.
The Waves 2003
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He'd started out with some sea-bear teeth he'd carved into fish and such in his bunk time.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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That wad of sea-bear meat hooked in its gorge will kill it, most like.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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Aft of her, there was a concerted yell of effort and a huge net-wrapped wad of gobbets of oily sea-bear meat was flung over the side.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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The sea-bear first presented himself for a trial of his strength.
Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Edmund B. Tuttle
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In the United States the sea-bear of the north has the most valuable skin.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The boys looked at it, and a Beggar, who had formerly been in a writing-school and now looked like a sea-bear, said:
The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867
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The boys looked at it, and a Beggar, who had formerly been in a writing-school and now looked like a sea-bear, said:
The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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The only large animal which is still found on Behring Island in perhaps as large numbers as in Steller's time is the _sea-bear_.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
chained_bear commented on the word sea-bear
a.k.a. ursine seal.
August 26, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word sea-bear
Per chevron sable and argent three sea-bears counterchanged -- blazoning of the FLOWERDEW coat-of-arms, Norfolk.
October 6, 2011