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seamark en · NOUN

Etymology

From sea + mark. Compare landmark.

Meanings

1. Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners, such as a hill or steeple.
2. A beacon, buoy, etc. placed in the sea to aid navigation.
   • Like a great sea-mark, standing every flaw, / And saving those that eye thee! 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:

Forms

Translations (9)

bg ориентир (elevated object on land) · pl baka (beacon, buoy etc.) · bg маяк (beacon, buoy etc.) · sv sjömärke (elevated object on land) · fi merimerkki (beacon, buoy etc.) · pl stawa (beacon, buoy etc.) · fi maamerkki (elevated object on land) · bg фар (beacon, buoy etc.) · sv sjömärke (beacon, buoy etc.)