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sea puss
[ see poos ]
noun
Oceanography.
- a strong nearshore current resulting from the seaward flow of water, especially through a channel in a bar.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sea puss1
First recorded in 1645–55, Americanism in sense “brook;” alteration, by folk etymology, of earlier seapoose, from Unquachog ( English spelling) éܲ “river,” from unattested Proto-Algonquian ··ɾ (becoming Fox ··ɾ ) + diminutive suffix
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