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sealine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsiːlaɪn/

Etymology

From sea + line.

Meanings

1. The coastline, seaboard.
2. The horizon.
3. A line used for sounding.
   • Yet what depths of the soul does Jonah's deep sealine sound! 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 9”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
4. A line used for fishing in deep water.
5. An undersea pipeline for oil, natural gas, etc.

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