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ˈsea-beaten, a.
[beaten ppl. a.]
1. Of a ship, a sailor, etc.: Tossed about or beaten by the waves of the sea. Now rare or Obs.
1562A. Brooke Romeus & Iuliet 808 God graunt no daungers rocke..wracke thy sea beaten barke. 1587Turberv. Trag. Tales Ded. A ij b, Following herein sea⁓beaten soldiers, and miserable mariners. 1606Bp. Hall Heaven upon Earth Ded., Ships..both extremely Sea⁓beaten, and at last wracked. 1801Mrs. Robinson Sylphid III. 142 (Jod.) The sea-beaten sailor.
2. Of a shore, rock, etc.: Lashed by the sea.
1793Cowper A Tale (‘In Scotland's realm’) 19 Sea-beaten rocks and naked shores, Could yield them no retreat. 1868Stevenson Let. July in Scribner's Mag. (1899) XXV. 31/1, I am utterly sick of this gray, grim, sea-beaten hole. 1883Longman's Mag. Oct. 632 Quiet bays and sea-beaten cliffs. |