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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name applied by arctic navigators to the bounding-line between the frozen and the open sea.
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Examples
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As soon as she was back, standing with Kai and Bonnard, the adult giff waddled forward, took up the grass and then, returning to the sea-edge, dropped off.
Cattle Town 2010
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They had disappeared while still following the same straight course away from the world of land-livers, as if they were intending to drop over the sea-edge into space, and never return to earth again.
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As soon as she was back, standing with Kai and Bonnard, the adult giff waddled forward, took up the grass and then, returning to the sea-edge, dropped off.
Dinosaur Planet McCaffrey, Anne 1978
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I got up from where I lay, and stood at the sea-edge looking northward.
The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958
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Here is a seductive one "on the sea-edge," and another whose principal glory is its sanitary certificate.
Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. Various
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But as he dressed his armour he was aware of a knight coming swiftly from a little wood that lay towards the sea-edge.
King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert
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Again he saw her, the merest white speck moving against the white, muttering sea-edge.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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Again he saw her, the merest white speck moving against the white, muttering sea-edge.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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They turned to follow the sea-edge, and suddenly discovering a working crack, dashed over it and hastened on until they were in line between Safety Camp and Castle Rock.
The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Charles Turley 1904
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The big door of the stronghold was open, and through it I could see the white beach and the sea-edge, where Lancelot stood scanning the horizon with the spy-glass.
Marjorie 1898
ruzuzu commented on the word sea-edge
"A name applied by arctic navigators to the bounding-line between the frozen and the open sea." --CD
April 13, 2011
bilby commented on the word sea-edge
So they don't fall off?
April 14, 2011