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sea fight

noun

  1. a fight between ships at sea.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of sea fight1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

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It was a sad procession that passed through the streets that famous evening, when men could do nothing else but talk of the North Sea fight, and no one showed the smallest inclination to go to bed.

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The story of the North Sea fight rang throughout the British Empire, from Melbourne to Vancouver, from the Orkneys to the Cape.

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The first clash of any importance was the sea fight off Actium.

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Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea fight is fought, His work of glory done.

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Sea′-feath′er, a polyp, a sea-pen; Sea′-fenn′el, samphire; Sea′-fight, a battle between ships at sea; Sea′-fir, a sertularian polyp; Sea′-fire, phosphorescence at sea; Sea′-fish, any salt-water or marine fish; Sea′-foam, the froth of the sea: meerschaum; Sea′-fog, a fog, occurring near the coast.—n.pl.

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