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ocean-lore en · NOUN

Etymology

From ocean + lore.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The teaching, knowledge, study, or science of the ocean.
   • [...] soul she brought Strange gifts from the great deep ; and more and more She seemed to love him, and with rapture taught The treasured secrets of her ocean-lore; Till earthy fancies in his heart of clay Began at last to move with sterner sway. 1892, George Francis Savage-Armstrong, A Garland from Greece - Page 40:
   • The tide-waves, whispering evermore To rocks and sands the ocean-lore. 1862, The Living Age, volume 74:
   • Faintly above the ocean's roar Mermaids are ringing phantom bells, Fragments of buried ocean-lore Echo in hearts of singing-shells. 1919, Clara Catherine Prince, American Poetry Magazine - Page 130:

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Synonyms

sealore