Found 2 hits - Term: great sea, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
great \great\ gr=at, a. compar. greater; superl.
greatest. oe. gret, great, as. gre'at; akin to os.
lg. gr=ot, d. groot, ohg. gr=oz, g. gross. cf. groat
the coin.
1. large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great
house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
1913 webster
2. large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
series, etc.
1913 webster
3. long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
as, a great while; a great interval.
1913 webster
4. superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
actions, and feelings.
1913 webster
5. endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
etc.
1913 webster
6. holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
great seal; the great marshal, etc.
1913 webster
he doth object i am too great of birth. --shak.
1913 webster
7. entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
a great argument, truth, or principle.
1913 webster
8. pregnant; big with young.
1913 webster
the ewes great with young. --ps. lxxviii.
71.
1913 webster
9. more than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
1913 webster
we have all
great cause to give great thanks. --shak.
1913 webster
10. genealogy older, younger, or more remote, by single
generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one
degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as,
great-grandfather a grandfather's or a grandmother's
father, great-grandson, etc.
1913 webster
great bear astron., the constellation ursa major.
great cattle law, all manner of cattle except sheep and
yearlings. --wharton.
great charter eng. hist., magna charta.
great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which
passes through the center of the sphere.
great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a
ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
between two places.
great go, the final examination for a degree at the
university of oxford, england; -- called also greats.
--t. hughes.
great guns. naut. see under gun.
the great lakes the large fresh-water lakes lakes
superior, michigan, huron, erie, and ontario which lie on
the northern borders of the united states.
great master. same as grand master, under grand.
great organ mus., the largest and loudest of the three
parts of a grand organ the others being the choir organ
and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
keys, it is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
the middle position.
the great powers of europe, in modern diplomacy, great
britain, france, germany, austria, russia, and italy.
great primer. see under type.
great scale mus., the complete scale; -- employed to
designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
to highest.
great sea, the mediterranean sea. in chaucer both the black
and the mediterranean seas are so called.
great seal.
a the principal seal of a kingdom or state.
b in great britain, the lord chancellor who is
custodian of this seal; also, his office.
great tithes. see under tithes.
the great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
the great spirit, among the north american indians, their
chief or principal deity.
to be great with one, to be intimate or familiar with
him. --bacon.
1913 webster
see also:
greater greatest groat small little great bear
great cattle great charter great circle of a sphere great circle sailing great go
greats great guns the great lakes great master grand master
grand great organ the great powers great primer type
great scale great sea great seal great tithes the great
the great spirit to be great
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ocean \o"cean\ =o"shan, n. f. oc'ean, l. oceanus, gr.
'wkeano`s ocean, in homer, the great river supposed to
encompass the earth.
1. the whole body of salt water which covers more than three
fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
sea, or great sea.
1913 webster
like the odor of brine from the ocean
comes the thought of other years. --longfellow.
1913 webster
2. one of the large bodies of water into which the great
ocean is regarded as divided, as the atlantic, pacific,
indian, arctic and antarctic oceans.
1913 webster
3. an immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --locke.
1913 webster
you're gonna need an ocean
of calamine lotion. --lieber
stoller
poison ivy:
song lyrics,
1994
pjc
see also:
sea great sea
Results 1 - 10 of 10 found about great sea: Caspian Sea
>> C Words
Caspian Sea, definition of term: Caspian Sea
caspian+sea_pag1.html Coral Sea
>> C Words
Coral Sea, definition of term: Coral Sea
coral+sea_pag1.html Dead Sea
>> D Words
Dead Sea, definition of term: Dead Sea
dead+sea_pag1.html Caribbean Sea
>> C Words
Caribbean Sea, definition of term: Caribbean Sea
caribbean+sea_pag1.html Black Sea
>> B Words
Black Sea, definition of term: Black Sea
black+sea_pag1.html Aegean Sea
>> A Words
Aegean Sea, definition of term: Aegean Sea
aegean+sea_pag1.html Adriatic Sea
>> A Words
Adriatic Sea, definition of term: Adriatic Sea
adriatic+sea_pag1.html At Sea
>> A Words
At Sea, definition of term: At Sea
at+sea_pag1.html Baltic Sea
>> B Words
Baltic Sea, definition of term: Baltic Sea
baltic+sea_pag1.html Dead Sea Scroll
>> D Words
Dead Sea Scroll, definition of term: Dead Sea Scroll
dead+sea+scroll_pag1.html
Last accessed:2008/12/02 06:35:17 [Total processing time: 1 seconds] |