seamark
See also: sea mark
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Etymology
From sea + markCategory:English compound terms#SEAMARK. Compare landmark.
Noun
seamark (plural seamarks)Category:English lemmas#SEAMARKCategory:English nouns#SEAMARKCategory:English countable nouns#SEAMARKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEAMARKCategory:Pages with entries#SEAMARKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SEAMARK
- Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners, such as a hill or steeple.
- A beacon, buoy, etc. placed in the sea to aid navigation.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], line 74:
- Like a great sea-mark, standing every flaw, / And saving those that eye thee!Category:English terms with quotations#SEAMARK
Translations
elevated object on land
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beacon, buoy etc.
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